Table 1.

Patient demographics, hemoglobin levels and cardiac remodeling by transfusion status [14]

	TD	TI
MDS Patient N	12	27
Female %	51%
Incidence of cardiac remodeling Likelihood ratio (95% CI; P-value)	92%	48%
	1.8 (1.2-2.6; P = 0.01)
Mean Hb level of patients without CRM g/dl	11.3 ± 2.4
Mean Hb level of patients with CRM g/dl	8.7 ± 1.4

TD, Transfusion Dependent; TI, Transfusion Independent; Hb, Hemoglobin; CRM, Cardiac Re-Modeling