The main characteristics of Chinese TM patients along with the main results of the study.

DFO,deferoxamine; DFP, deferiprone; DFX, deferasirox; SD, standard deviation; SF, serum ferritin; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction. a: patients received both DFO and DFP as prior chelation therapies, but these may not have been in combination. b: patients received both DFO and deferasirox as prior chelation therapies, but these may not have been in combination.