Table 2.
Change in the key parameters in the first year of adoption of ThalCare.
| Group | Pretransfusion Hb (g/dL) | Ferritin (ng/mL) | Liver size (cm) | Spleen size (cm) | |||||||||
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Mean (SD) | n | P value | Mean (SD) | n | P value | Mean (SD) | n | P value | Mean (SD) | n | P value | |
| Quarter 1 |
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Overall | 8.0 (1.6) | 1009 | —a | 4940 (4628) | 427 | — | 2.4 (2.4) | 869 | — | 3.5 (3.8) | 863 | — |
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IGICHb | 7.1 (1.4) | 151 | — | 3856 (3050) | 95 | — | 3.1 (2.6) | 154 | — | 3.1 (3.3) | 154 | — |
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SAMc | 8.2 (2.0) | 232 | — | 5376 (2843) | 99 | — | 3.8 (2.4) | 161 | — | 5.6 (5.4) | 161 | — |
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TSCSd | 8.2 (1.3) | 405 | — | 3281 (1537) | 42 | — | 1.2 (1.3) | 364 | — | 2.4 (2.8) | 361 | — |
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RDTe | 7.9 (1.6) | 221 | — | 3959 (4051) | 29 | — | 2.9 (2.7) | 190 | — | 4.1 (3.7) | 187 | — |
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JSCTf | 7.5 (1.7) | 369 | — | 5916 (6380) | 162 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter 5 |
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Overall | 8.3 (1.3) | 2891 | <.001 | 3517 (2262) | 530 | <.001 | 1.6 (2.0) | 2802 | <.001 | 2.2 (3.0) | 2798 | <.001 |
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IGICH | 7.7 (1.4) | 214 | <.001 | 2849 (1647) | 151 | .004 | 0.9 (1.9) | 245 | <.001 | 0.8 (1.9) | 245 | <.001 |
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SAM | 8.7 (1.3) | 374 | <.001 | 4569 (2916) | 130 | .80 | 3.2 (1.9) | 345 | .01 | 2.3 (3.5) | 339 | <.001 |
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TSCS | 8.1 (1.3) | 1985 | .09 | 3363 (2039) | 88 | .80 | 1.3 (1.7) | 1886 | .08 | 2.2 (2.9) | 1891 | .12 |
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RDT | 9.1 (1.3) | 318 | <.001 | 3404 (2328) | 54 | .50 | 2.4 (2.6) | 326 | .05 | 3.4 (3.2) | 326 | .03 |
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JSCT | 9.5 (1.4) | 440 | <.001 | 3363 (1785) | 107 | <.001 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
aNot applicable.
bIGICH: Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health.
cSAM: Project Samraksha.
dTSCS: Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Society.
eRDT: Rural Development Trust.
fJSCT: Jai Shivshakti Center for Thalassemia.