TABLE 2.

Differences between hemoglobin F, hemoglobin S and OEF by three methods with or without hydroxyurea (HU) for non-transfused SCD patients.

	With HU	Without HU	p-value
Hb	9.5 ± 1.4	12.1 ± 2.7	< 0.001
Hb F (%)	18.4 ± 8.8	1.4 ± 3.3	< 0.001
Hb S (%)	78.2 ± 8.3	18.2 ± 27.9	< 0.001
OEF-TRUST (%)	28.2 ± 6.1	35.3 ± 5.7	< 0.001
OEF-CISSCO (%)	42.9 ± 5.5	36.2 ± 5.2	< 0.001
OEF-QSM (%)	30.1 ± 4.4	28.0 ± 2.7	0.1034

Bold text depicts a p-value < 0.05.