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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Hp-infected children receiving iron had significantly less frequent treatment failure compared with those with no iron in correcting IDA (11 % [95 % confidence interval (CI), 2 % -20 %] for anti-Hp plus iron, 0 % for iron alone vs 33 % [95 % CI, 26 % -46 %] for anti-Hp and 45 % [95 % CI, 31 % -59 %] for placebo ; chi (2) = 127 ; P <. 0001), ID (19 % [95 % CI, 8 % -30 %] for anti-Hp plus iron, 7 % [95 % CI, 0 % -14 %] for iron alone vs 65 % [95 % CI, 52 % -78 %] for anti-Hp alone, and 78 % [95 % CI, 66 % -90 %] for placebo ; chi (2) = 124 ; P <. 0001), or anemia (34 % [95 % CI, 20 % -40 %] for anti-Hp plus iron, 27 % [95 % CI, 14 % -40 %] for iron alone vs 65 % [95 % CI, 52 % -78 %] for anti-Hp alone and 78 % [95 % CI, 66 % -90 %] for placebo ; chi (2) = 46 ; P <. 0001).