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We defined groups based on women's pretreatment hemoglobin [hemoglobin &lt;120\u00a0g\/L (anemic) vs. hemoglobin \u2265120\u00a0g\/L (nonanemic)] and serum ferritin (ferritin &lt;15\u00a0\u03bcg\/L vs. \u226515\u00a0\u03bcg\/L) concentrations.\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HRQ<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      oL was compared between groups at baseline, 6 and 12\u00a0months after treatment. Hemoglobin and ferritin were followed for 5\u00a0years.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HRQ<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      oL was measured by the\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RAND<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      36\u2010item health survey (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RAND<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u201036), 5\u2010Dimensional EuroQol and two questionnaires of mental wellbeing.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      At baseline, 63 women (27%) were anemic and 140 (60%) were severely iron deficient (ferritin &lt;15\u00a0\u03bcg\/L). Only 8% of the anemic women had taken iron supplementation. Twelve months after treatment hemoglobin had increased in both hemoglobin groups, but was still significantly lower (\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a00.001) in initially anemic women (128\u00a0g\/L) compared with nonanemic women (136\u00a0g\/L). Twelve months after treatment three domain scores of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RAND<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u201036 increased more (energy,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a00.002; physical functioning,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a00.04; social functioning,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a00.05), and anxiety (\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a00.02) and depression scores (\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a00.002) decreased more in anemic compared with nonanemic women. Serum ferritin took 5\u00a0years to reach normal levels.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Improved\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HRQ<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      oL after treatment of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HMB<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      is associated with correction of anemia. Clinicians should actively screen for anemia in women with\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HMB<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      and emphasize early iron substitution as an integral part of treatment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/aogs.12394","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,6,9]],"date-time":"2014-06-09T20:48:40Z","timestamp":1402346920000},"page":"654-660","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":101,"title":["Effects of anemia and iron deficiency on quality of life in women with heavy menstrual bleeding"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"93","author":[{"given":"Pirkko","family":"Peuranp\u00e4\u00e4","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4 Hospital Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4 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