Table 3.

Mean serum creatinine by study group.

	Group	n	Mean (SD)	p value*
SCB	Exjade®	221	45.71 (3.12)	<0.001
	Osveral®	100	49.98 (3.69)
SC3	Exjade®	221	54.78 (3.51)	<0.001
	Osveral®	100	69.24 (4.02)
SC6	Exjade®	221	48.4 (3.71)	<0.001
	Osveral®	100	60.7 (4.11)
SC9	Exjade®	221	45.96 (4.03)	<0.001
	Osveral®	100	57.71 (4.31)
SC12	Exjade®	221	44.77 (4.29)	<0.001
	Osveral®	100	56.82 (4.34)

^*p value for independent samples t test.

SCB, Serum creatinine baseline; SC3 serum creatinine 3 months; SC6, serum creatinine 6 months; SC9 serum creatinine 9 months; SC12, serum creatinine 12 months.