Table 6 Oral iron prescription in patients with anaemia
|  |  | Anaemia | CKD & anaemia | CKD anaemia & ferritin < 100ug/mL | CKD anaemia & ferritin < 15ug/mL | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Therapy | N | % | Hb mean | N | % | Hb mean | N | % | Hb mean | N | % | Hb mean |
Female | None | 7212 | 34.5% | 10.32 | 1341 | 42.0% | 10.31 | 444 | 33.0% | 10.31 | 70 | 21.0% | 9.94 |
| Â | Oral Iron | 13693 | 65.5% | 10.09 | 1855 | 58.0% | 10.04 | 902 | 67.0% | 10.05 | 264 | 79.0% | 9.92 |
Male | None | 2248 | 51.4% | 9.91 | 707 | 47.3% | 10.07 | 138 | 30.7% | 10.09 | 15 | 19.5% | 9.51 |
| Â | Oral Iron | 2122 | 48.6% | 9.89 | 787 | 52.7% | 9.91 | 312 | 69.3% | 9.81 | 62 | 80.5% | 9.47 |
Total | None | 9460 | 37.4% | 10.22 | 2048 | 43.7% | 10.23 | 582 | 32.4% | 10.26 | 85 | 20.7% | 9.86 |
| Â | Oral Iron | 15815 | 62.6% | 10.07 | 2642 | 56.3% | 10 | 1214 | 67.6% | 9.99 | 326 | 79.3% | 9.83 |