Table 2.

Patients on ESA

	Before ESA mean (95% CI)	After ESA mean (95% CI)	P *
A1C (%)	7.31 (6.42–8.54)	6.63 (6.03–7.36)	0.013
Hb (g/dl)	9.52 (9.18–9.86)	11.51 (11.15–11.85)	<0.001
Hct	0.324 (0.296–0.350)	0.378 (0.341–0.398)	<0.001
Ferritin (μg/l)	344 (241–447)	332 (211–354)	0.37
MBG (mmol/l)	8.72 (7.31–10.12)	8.78 (7.47–9.99)	0.893
Estimated glomerular filtration rate	30.5 (28.6–33.4)	31.0 (27.3–33.8)	0.613

*Paired t test.