TF and anemia: In 26 of the 27 publications that included efficacy results, FCM treatment (in most cases a single dose) was associated with improvement in anaemia and/or different iron status parameters, including improvements in levels of haemoglobin (22 publications), ferritin (12 publications), mean corpuscular volume (10 publications), iron (six publications) and transferrin saturation (five publications) (Table 1).