Table 3.

Statistical comparison of other relevant parameters between study groups

Parameter	Control Group	Treatment Group	P
Hemoglobin (g/dl) (mean ± SD)a	10.7±1.5	11.0±1.2	0.001b
ESA dose (IU/wk) (median [min,max])	2000 [0,29000]	2000 [0, 35000]	0.05c
Iron dose (mg/wk) (median [min,max])	0 [0,300]	0 [0,300]	0.71c
TSAT (%) (mean ± SD)	30.1±13.13	31.6±10.5	0.12b
Ferritin (ng/ml) (median ± interquartile range)	905±611	868±662	0.08c

Central tendency and dispersion measures are computed across all study participants over 12 months follow-up period.

^aPrimary outcome.

^bt test.

^cIndependent samples median test.