Vitamin E and N-Acetylcysteine as Antioxidant Adjuvant Therapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Table 4

Hematological complications (bone marrow hypoplasia and febrile neutropenia) as well as frequency of blood and platelet transfusions (during phases of chemotherapy) in both leukemia groups.

	Group I (𝑛=20)	Group II (𝑛=20)	P
Hematological
complications N (%)	8 (40)	20 (100)	.001
Phase I (mean ± SD)
Blood transfusion	1.44±0.52	2.60±0.69	.001
Platelet transfusion	1.20±0.44	3.40±1.50	.001
Phase II (mean ± SD)
Blood transfusion	1.16±0.40	2.20±0.42	.001
Platelet transfusion	1.00±0.00	1.60±0.69	.001

Significance of Chi square test (for hematological complications) and t-test (for number of blood and platelet transfusions) if 𝑃<.05.