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. 2013 Sep 13;8(9):e74193. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074193

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the SIT Trial and CSSCD cohorts.

Variables SIT Trial CSSCD P-value*
Sex, n (%)
Men 483 (52.2%) 360 (52%) 0.89
Age (in years), mean ± SD 8.96 ± 2.44 9.57 ± 2.91 0.002
Baseline SBP (mm Hg), mean ± SD 108.2 ± 11.51 100.8 ± 10.99 <0.001
Baseline DBP (mm Hg), mean ± SD 60.58 ± 8.06 59.21 ± 10.27 0.04
Height (cm), mean ± SD 128.70 ± 14.37 131.5 ± 16.08 0.008
Hemoglobin (g/dl), mean ± SD 8.11 ± 1.08 8.13 ± 0.96 0.41
Hematocrit (%), mean ± SD 23.34 ± 3.42 23.57 ± 3.10 0.12
White blood counts (Cu), mean ± SD 12.58 ± 5.25 12.01 ± 2.56 0.13
Fetal hemoglobin (%), mean ± SD 8.93 ± 5.75 8.00 ± 7.45 0.014

The shown laboratory assessments for both the cohorts are at baseline

*

P-values for continuous and categorical variable comparisons were generated using wilcoxon rank sum and Kruskal-Wallis test, respectively

SBP indicates systolic blood pressure

DBP indicates diastolic blood pressure