Table 7.

Significant factors associated with mortality as seen in multivariate analysis

Category	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P
Hb drop (category = severe)	5.58	1.5 0-20.71	.0007
Hb drop (category = moderate)	3.05	1.40-6.65	.0049
No hepatitis B vaccination	2.86	1.20-6.75	.0004
TTI status = yes	2.05	0.63-6.74	.2349
Iron overload (category = severe)	0.88	0.41-1.88	.7409
Iron overload (category = moderate)	0.63	0.27-1.44	.2692

Bold indicates significant P values.