Table 5.

Average pain scores of SCD patients before Hydroxyurea treatment and after starting Hu treatment

Age Group	Gen. pain Score			Paired t test (p value)
	Before	After 12 months	Changes (%)
Age 0–10 years	2.45	1.27	−47	5.22 (0.0004)
Age 11–20 years	2.95	1.09	−61	8.74 (<0.0001)
Age 21–30 years	2.77	1.12	−58	9.54 (<0.0001)
Age 31 Years and above	2.73	0.90	−64	3.79 (0.004)