Table 3.

Changes in haemoglobin concentrations in during the first 28 days of follow-up

Day	G6PD deficient	G6PD normal	P	G6PD deficient	G6PD normal	P	G6PD deficient	G6PD normal	P
	Haemoglobin concentration (g/dL)			Changes in haemoglobin concentrations versus day 0			Fractional changes in haemoglobin concentrations versus day 0
0	13.0 (9.6 to 16)	13.5 (9 to 16.3)	0.46	–	–		–	–
1	11.2 (8.2 to 14.9)	12.4 (8.7 to 15.3)	0.041	– 1.5 (–4.0 to 1.1)	– 0.8 (– 3.2 to 3.3)	0.059	–12.5 (– 27.1 to 8.7)	– 6.5 (– 22.7 to 28.7)	0.028
2	10.8 (8.2 to 15.3)	12.4 (8.8 to 15.2)	0.006	– 1.7 (–5.0 to 0.6)	– 1 (– 3.5 to 2.1)	0.047	–13.3 (– 31.2 to 4.1)	– 7.4 (– 23.6 to 25.2)	0.029
3	10.9 (7.5 to 14.8)	12.8 (8.3 to 15.6)	0.0002	– 1.9 (–5.8 to 0.4)	– 0.8 (– 2.6 to 2.9)	0.0003	–15.3 (– 39.2 to 3.6)	– 6.1 (– 19.1 to 22.8)	0.0001
7	10.9 (8.9 to 13)	13 (9.5 to 15.7)	0.0001	– 2.2 (–4.9 to 0.8)	–0.5 (– 2.2 to 2.8)	0.0002	– 16.3 (– 33.1 to 6.5)	– 3.7 (– 17.5 to 23.3)	0.0002
14	11.4 (9.7 to 14.1)	12.8 (9.5 to 15.5)	0.0067	– 1.7 (–3.0 to 0.3)	–0.5 (– 4.2 to 2.1)	0.005	– 12.9 (– 22.7 to 2.7)	– 4 (– 25.7 to 18.1)	0.0035
21	12 (11 to 15.6)	13.3 (8.7 to 16.4)	0.039	– 0.6 (–2 to 1.6)	0.3 (– 3.5 to 2.1)	0.1	– 4.7 (– 15.1 to 14.6)	2.1 (– 24.3 to 16.8)	0.11
28	12.8 (10.9 to 15.4)	13.5 (9.5 to 16.1)	0.26	0.2 (–2 to 2.6)	0.3 (–2.3 to 2.7)	0.62	1.5 (– 13.6 to 27.1)	2.3 (– 15.8 to 21.2)	0.58

All data are shown as median (range)

G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase