Betrachtet man jedoch die 381 Patienten, die zu Beginn der Studie besonders hohe Eisenkonzentrationen in der Leber aufwiesen und vergleichbare Mengen an Exjade oder Deferoxamin erhalten hatten, so waren beide Arzneimittel gleichermaßen wirksam.
However, when looking at the 381 patients who had particularly high levels of iron in their liver at the beginning of the study and who received comparable amounts of Exjade or deferoxamine, the two medicines were as effective as each other.