Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 5 | |
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Percent decrease of TG levels on each days | ||||
Before matched | ||||
n-TPE group | 57.00 {24.00, 72.00} n = 37 | 54.00 {42.75, 72.00} n = 34 | 67.00 {55.00, 78.00} n = 31 | 77.50 {63.25, 84.75} n = 56 |
TPE group | 55.00 {31.50, 74.50} n = 117 | 70.00 {57.75, 79.00} n = 94 | 75.50 {61.00, 80.75} n = 100 | 80.00 {68.25, 86.00} n = 96 |
P value by Mann–Whitney | 0.906 | 0.001 | 0.143 | 0.185 |
After matched | ||||
n-TPE group | 60.00 {34.00, 74.50} n = 29 | 58.50 {41.50, 75.00} n = 22 | 68.50 {55.25, 82.00} n = 24 | 78.00 {68.00, 85.25} n = 46 |
TPE group | 56.00 {28.50, 68.75} n = 60 | 69.00 {55.75, 79.00} n = 54 | 68.50 {55.50, 82.00} n = 54 | 79.00 {65.50, 86.00} n = 43 |
P value by Mann–Whitney | 0.367 | 0.077 | 0.918 | 0.736 |
Percentage of patients to reach the target TG levels | ||||
Before matched | ||||
n-TPE group | 21.62% (n = 37) | 23.53% (n = 34) | 45.16% n = 31) | 62.50% (n = 56) |
TPE group | 26.09% (n = 115) | 57.89% (n = 95) | 63.27% (n = 98) | 71.88% (n = 96) |
P value by Pearson χ2 test | 0.667 | 0.001 | 0.094 | 0.230 |
After matched | ||||
n-TPE group | 27.59% (n = 29) | 27.27% (n = 22) | 50.00% (n = 24) | 63.04% (n = 46) |
TPE group | 28.33% (n = 60) | 52.73% (n = 55) | 59.26% (n = 54) | 62.79% (n = 43) |
P value by Pearson χ2 test | 0.941 | 0.043 | 0.447 | 0.980 |