Table II.

Means for health-related quality of life at baseline and exit

Group	Variable	Baseline		Exit
		N	Mean	N	Mean
Transfusion (n=99)	General Health	82	65.43	82	68.35
	Global Behavior	82	79.09	87	75.57
	Change In Health	83	3.45	88	4.30
	Family Cohesion	85	78.82	90	75.61
	Physical Function	85	82.97	92	88.82
	Role-Emotion	84	82.74	92	84.12
	Role-Physical	84	79.96	92	88.04
	Bodily Pain	85	73.18	92	78.70
	Behavior	84	72.86	91	74.54
	Mental Health	84	75.95	92	80.01
	Self Esteem	84	83.86	92	82.22
	General Health	84	46.42	92	51.69
	Parental Impact-Emotion	84	57.84	90	65.79
	Parent Time	85	75.69	92	79.05
	Family-Limitations in Activities	85	73.17	92	79.33
	Physical Summary	82	41.03	89	46.16
	Psychosocial Summary	82	48.94	89	50.05
Observation (n=97)	General Health	84	63.33	72	66.53
	Global Behavior	83	75.48	78	78.33
	Change In Health	83	3.51	80	3.83
	Family Cohesion	89	78.76	81	78.89
	Physical Function	90	76.56	84	77.31
	Role-Emotion	90	74.44	83	82.13
	Role-Physical	90	77.22	84	81.55
	Bodily Pain	89	66.07	84	67.62
	Behavior	89	71.71	84	75.79
	Mental Health	89	76.53	84	78.88
	Self Esteem	90	84.44	84	79.84
	General Health	90	47.22	84	48.73
	Parental Impact-Emotion	90	63.33	84	66.67
	Parent Time	90	74.57	84	76.72
	Family-Limitations in Activities	90	72.93	84	76.78
	Physical Summary	88	38.62	83	40.16
	Psychosocial Summary	88	49.36	83	50.76