Table 2.

Iron removal rate determined in the period of iron balance in 2 patients with transfusion-dependent anemia (TD)

Iron added by transfusion was removed by deferasirox during the period of iron balance.

According to the trend of dose-dependent effects of deferasirox, the iron removal rate by the mean dose converted to correspond to 1000 mg/day of deferasirox is shown in parentheses. *“Mean dose” denotes the average amount of deferasirox administered in the period of iron balance.

Patient					Mean* dose	Iron added	Iron balanced	Iron removal rate
Disease	No.	Sex	Age	Wt	mg/day	mg	day	mg/day
TD	9	F	59	65	616	4000	203	19.7 (32.0)
TD	10	M	51	61	631	3800	225	16.9 (26.8)

Abbreviation: Wt, body weight (kg).