Table 4.

Target Hb in each group.

Total Hb measures in 6 months	Aranesp		Eprex		P-value *
Hb level (n, %)
Low (< 10 g/dl)	70	17.4%	138	38.3%	< 0.001
Target (10–11.5 g/dl)	255	63.4%	182	50.6%
High (> 11.5 g/dl)	77	19.2%	40	11.1%
Total (762 measures)	402	100%	360	100%

^*P-values were obtained by a chi-square test.