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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The mean differences in the hemoglobin level with peginesatide as compared with darbepoetin in PEARL 1 were 0. 03 g per deciliter (97. 5 % confidence interval [CI], -0. 19 to 0. 26) for the lower starting dose of peginesatide and 0. 26 g per deciliter (97. 5 % CI, 0. 04 to 0. 48) for the higher starting dose, and in PEARL 2 they were 0. 14 g per deciliter (97. 5 % CI, -0. 09 to 0. 36) and 0. 31 g per deciliter (97. 5 % CI, 0. 08 to 0. 54), respectively.