Table 1 Demographic and blood iron status variables.

Subjects (n, %)

53

36

67.9%

17

32.1%

53

56

Females (n, %)

15

28.3%

11

30.6%

4

23.5%

26

49.1%

30

53.6%

Descriptive metric

 Age (months)

19

23.9

14.6

17

21.5

14.9

24

26.5

14.0

24

30.2

19.9

33

30.5

16.7

 GA (weeks)

40

39

1.4

40

39.1

1.5

40

38.9

1.3

39

39.3

1.6

40

39.8

1.1

 Height (percentile)

54.5

52.1

30

62.5

62

26.3

31.5

41.6

30.4

40

43.2

24.6

50

48.6

22

 Weight (percentile)

37.5

42.4

31.5

51.0

50.8

31.9

22.0

33.6

29.0

40.0

43.2

24.4

50.5

49.3

22.9

 Age at the first seizure (months)

16

20.1

13.6

17

21.5

14.9

15

17.1

9.9

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 Peak temperature (°C)

38.6

38.7

0.6

38.6

38.8

0.6

38.6

38.6

0.6

38.4

38.5

0.6

n/a

n/a

n/a

Iron status

 RBC (10e6/μL)

4.57

4.61

0.58

4.53

4.50

0.37

4.62

4.83

0.83

4.59

4.53

0.37

4.61

4.61

0.31

 HGB (g/L)

115.50

116.20

10.00

114.00

113.80

10.80

117.50

118.70

8.40

120.00

119.30

10.30

121.50

121.30

8.30

 Fe (μmol/L)

3.50

3.99

1.76

3.00

3.81

1.90

3.80

4.34

1.42

8.60

9.07

5.68

13.70

13.84

7.19

 Fer (ng/mL)

41.90

52.15

43.86

43.10

57.81

49.97

36.90

40.84

25.55

38.60

57.74

47.59

25.45

36.09

36.94

 TF (g/L)

2.68

2.75

0.42

2.73

2.76

0.47

2.63

2.73

0.30

2.54

2.56

0.38

2.82

2.83

0.47

 satFe (%)

5.00

5.78

2.53

5.00

5.44

2.62

6.00

6.44

2.25

13.00

14.17

8.32

20.00

19.77

9.67

 UIBC (μmol/L)

63.79

66.07

11.88

65.34

66.92

12.54

60.99

64.38

10.58

53.80

54.06

10.39

56.59

56.46

13.10