Table 1.

Demographic details

Total number of Thalassemia major children getting transfusion at our unit	130
Mean age	8.5 years
Male: female	64%: 36%
Children who received Combination chelation	27 (male: female = 16:9)
Mean pre transfusion Hemoglobin	8.3 g/dL
Mean volume of transfusion	11.5 ml/kg/month
Mean Serum ferritin level at start of combination chelation	4277 ug/dL (median:4241, SD: 1885)
Mean Serum ferritin at 6 months	3242 ug/dL (SD: 1110)
	p = 0.003
Mean Serum ferritin at 12 months	2985 ug/dL (median:SD: 1116)
	p = 0.018

This table describes the demographic details of the study population