Table 2.

Hemoglobin level before starting therapy

Hemoglobin level (gm/dl)	Group A		Group B
	No.	%	No.	%
≤4	6	12	3	6
4.1–6	8	16	12	24
6.1–8	36	72	35	70
Mean	6.49		6.48
P value	>0.05