Time to Start Delivering Iron Chelation Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Severe β-Thalassemia

Table 2

Comparison between iron status and hepcidin at SF level >1000 ng/ml with group amount of transfusion ().

Variable	Amount of transfusion		Median (IQR)	Mean difference	95% CI		value
					Lower bound	Upper bound
SF level	1–6		1,214 (1,054–1,491)	46.1	1,142.2	1,330.2	0.454
	7–12		1162.0 (1002–1508)		1,138.6	1,241.6
TS at SF >1000 ng/mL	1–6		84.8 (36.2–100.0)	8.1	74.2	93.9	0.084
	7–12		81.8 (30.1–96.1)		69.3	82.6
Hepcidin at SF >1000 ng/mL	1–6		367.9 (176.1–876.0)	26.3	304.2	537.5	0.765
	7–12		362.6 (203.1–785.6)		339.5	449.6

Mann–Whitney test.