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. 2020 Oct 29;21(3):236–247. doi: 10.1007/s12012-020-09615-0

Table 2.

Left ventricular ejection fraction by visit (FAS population)

Anagrelide
n = 73
Hydroxyurea
n = 68
LVEF at visit (%) Change from baselinea (%) LVEF at visit (%) Change from baseline a (%)
Baseline
 n 73 68
 Mean (SD) 66.4 (4.81) 66.9 (4.59)
 Median (min, max) 66.0 (55, 88) 67.0 (55, 78)
Month 1
 n 71 71 64 64
 Mean (SD) 66.8 (3.79) 0.5 (4.68) 65.6 (4.07) − 1.1 (4.73)
 Median (min, max) 67.0 (58, 77) 1.0 (− 13, 10) 66.0 (59, 79) − 1.0 (− 16, 12)
Month 2
 n 68 68 63 63
 Mean (SD) 67.5 (4.00) 1.2 (5.80) 66.7 (4.66) 0 (5.03)
 Median (min, max) 67.0 (56, 80) 1.0 (− 23, 19) 67.0 (58, 81) 0 (− 13, 16)
Month 3
 n 67 67 62 62
 Mean (SD) 66.4 (4.90) 0.1 (5.31) 66.3 (4.19) − 0.4 (3.94)
 Median (min, max) 66.0 (57, 87) − 1.0 (− 13, 24) 66.0 (50, 73) − 1.0 (− 11, 11)
Month 6
 n 59 59 60 60
 Mean (SD) 65.9 (5.13) − 0.5 (5.68) 66.1 (3.97) − 0.6 (3.95)
 Median (min, max) 66.0 (48, 80) 0 (− 23, 11) 66.0 (56, 77) − 0.5 (− 9, 11)
Month 9
 n 52 52 52 52
 Mean (SD) 65.9 (5.12) − 0.8 (4.78) 64.8 (3.97) − 1.5 (5.15)
 Median (min, max) 66.0 (51, 77) 0 (− 14, 9) 65.0 (56, 75) − 2.0 (21, 10)
Month 12
 n 45 45 52 52
 Mean (SD) 65.9 (3.73) − 0.8 (6.61) 65.7 (4.12) − 0.6 (5.67)
 Median (min, max) 66.0 (56, 72) − 1.0 (− 18, 15) 65.0 (58, 78) 0.0 (− 13, 13)
Month 18
 n 41 41 48 48
 Mean (SD) 64.4 (3.92) − 2.0 (5.54) 64.7 (4.47) − 1.2 (4.84)
 Median (min, max) 65.0 (54, 73) − 2.0 (− 15, 8) 65.0 (54, 74) − 1.0 (− 23, 7)
Month 24
 n 40 40 49 49
 Mean (SD) 64.7 (3.88) − 1.8 (5.84) 64.2 (3.72) − 0.2 (6.17)
 Median (min, max) 65.0 (57, 73) − 1.0 (− 18, 16) 65.0 (54, 72) 0 (− 23, 12)
Month 30
 n 40 40 45 45
 Mean (SD) 64.7 (3.41) − 1.8 (5.84) 65.5 (4.08) − 0.2 (5.38)
 Median (min, max) 65.0 (58, 71) − 1.5 (− 23, 10) 65.0 (55, 74) 0 (− 19, 15)
Month 36
 n 40 40 44 44
 Mean (SD) 64.8 (3.17) − 1.7 (6.55) 65.1 (3.73) − 0.6 (5.46)
 Median (min, max) 65.5 (58, 71) − 1.0 (− 25, 15) 65.0 (57, 75) − 1.0 (− 14, 11)

LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; SD, standard deviation

aBaseline corresponds to the first valid (non-missing interpretation) observation obtained at the baseline visit; if this was missing, the screening value was used