Table 2.

Comparison of mean serum ferritin and dose between the two groups.

Timeline	Group	Mean serum ferritin (±SD) mg/dl	p value*	% Relative change from baseline	p value**	Mean dose (±SD) mg/kg	p value*
Baseline	Exjade®	3019.72 (±292.79)	<0.001			25.46 (±1.42)	<0.001
	Osveral®	1953.61 (±319.51)				28.67 (±2.77)
3 months	Exjade®	3113.34 (±294.85)	<0.001	3.10	0.006	33.38 (±1.43)	<0.001
	Osveral®	2157.5 (±321.24)		10.44		35.43 (±1.48)
6 months	Exjade®	2833.5 (±295.56)	<0.001	6.17	0.014	36.17 (±1.69)	0.396
	Osveral®	1949.31 (±319.98)		0.22		36.33 (±1.16)
9 months	Exjade®	2708.62 (±303.61)	<0.001	10.30	0.101	37.94 (±1.16)	0.097
	Osveral®	1858.44 (±327.69)		4.87		37.74 (±0.47)
12 months	Exjade®	2422.96 (±296.73)	<0.001	19.76	0.028	38.37 (±1.23)	0.317
	Osveral®	1759.6 (±328.96)		9.93		38.24 (±0.47)

^*p value for independent samples t test.

^**p value for Z test.