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Table 5 Mean increase in hepatic iron in mg/gm/dry weight in patients who had an acceptable level of hepatic iron and who then fell below that level, depending on their chelation regime.

From: The efficacy of iron chelator regimes in reducing cardiac and hepatic iron in patients with thalassaemia major: a clinical observational study

Treatment

Increase in hepatic iron

 

n

Mean

Range

DFO

4

3.5

0.6–10.8

DFP

7

4.6

1.9–13.2

Comb

2

0.8

0.6–1.0

DFX

6

7.3

1.2–15.5

  1. Kruskal-Wallis test if means differ among groups: p = 0.059
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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