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. 2015 Apr 18;29:199.

Table 2 . Comparison the characteristics between and within study participants .

Variable TA group (n= 38) PG group (n=38) ***p
Before
treatment
mean (SD)
After
treatment
mean (SD)

Mean
difference
Before
treatment
mean (SD)
After
treatment
mean (SD)

Mean
difference
Duration of bleeding (days) 8.0 (1.82) 6.65 (1.37)* 1.31 8.0 (1.39) 6.5(1.35)** 1.5 0.99
(PBAC) score 304.4 (192.71) 143.13(96.00)*# 161.31 304.9(176.11) 164.0(100.21)**# 140.31 0.30
Hemoglobin g/dL 11.5 (0.86) 12.7 (0.88)*© 1.19 12.6 (0.86) 13.0 (0.83)**© 0.96 0.09
Hematocrite (%) 36.7(4.86) 40.9 (4.19)*© 4.27 37.8(4.45) 42.9(5.1)**© 5.01 0.60
Ferritin ng/dL 9.4 (5.84) 16.4 (6.79)*# 7.01 12.1 (10.79) 23.5 (13.5)**# 11.37 0.26

# Wilcoxon signed ranks test, © Paired t-test

* p< 0.001 compared with TA before treatment.

** p< 0.001 compared with PG group before treatment

***p after treatment comparison of TA and PG groups (t-test, Mann–Whitney test)