Table 3 Characteristics of patients as regard the presence of Iron Deficiency Anemia (N=33)
IDA | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No N=6 | Yes N=27 | ||||
Sex | |||||
F | 4 | 66.7% | 11 | 40.7% | 0.249 |
M | 2 | 33.3% | 16 | 59.3% | |
Age, years | 6.0 (2.3-11.6) | 5.8 (1.7-13.2) | 0.815 | ||
Age of onset, Years | 2.5 (0.8-7.4) | 1.3 (0.0-11.8) | 0.375 | ||
Duration of illness, Years | 2.8 (1.0-4.0) | 2.0 (1.0-10.0) | 0.310 | ||
Mean RBCs in 10^12/L ± SD | 4.21±0.59 | 4.24±0.58 | 0.963 | ||
Median Hb in g/dl (range) | 10.4 (8.4-10.9) | 10.4 (8.7-10.9) | 0.814 | ||
Mean Hematocrit in % ± SD | 32.30±4.78 | 33.21±3.84 | 0.779 | ||
Mean MCH in pg ± SD | 25.18±5.19 | 25.47±2.82 | 0.963 | ||
Median MCHC in g/dl (range) | 32.6 (25.0-35.2) | 33.5 (29.6-36.4) | 0.135 | ||
Median MCV in fl (range) | 72.7 (56.8-75.5) | 72.6 (58.8-76.4) | 0.657 | ||
Median RDW in %(range) | 20.1 (15.1-23.0) | 17.3 (13.1-26.3) | 0.691 | ||
Mean WBCs in 10^9/L± SD | 7.67±4.60 | 8.31±3.91 | 0.691 | ||
Median platelets in 10^9/L(range) | 235.5 (58.0-518.0) | 286.0 (51.0-564.0) | 0.558 | ||
Mentzer index in % (range) | 16.1 (13.8-22.2) | 16.8 (13.3-23.9) | 0.607 | ||
Median reticulocytic count% (range) | 1.1 (1.0-1.2) | 1.0 (0.7-1.4) | 0.271 | ||
Mean corrected reticulocytes ± SD | 0.79±0.13 | 0.75±0.17 | 0.640 | ||
Mean reticulocytic Hb, pg ± SD | 30.33±4.80 | 24.46±3.79 | 0.014 | ||
Mean serum iron in ug/dl ± SD | 38.33±10.65 | 40.44±8.40 | 0.575 | ||
Mean serum ferritin in ng/ml ± SD | 113.33±7.45 | 83.70±12.68 | <0.001 | ||
Mean TIBC in ug/dl ± SD | 307.00±44.16 | 287.44±45.07 | 0.454 | ||
Mean transferrin saturation (TSAT%) ± SD | 0.12±0.03 | 0.14±0.02 | 0.102 | ||
Median total protein in g/dl (range) | 6.2 (5.6-6.9) | 6.1 (5.1-8.7) | 0.815 | ||
Mean albumin in g/dl ± SD | 3.82±0.40 | 3.82±0.57 | 0.944 | ||
Median total bilirubin in mg/dl (range) | 0.4 (0.3-0.9) | 0.4 (0.1-20.0) | 0.981 | ||
Median direct bilirubin in mg/dl(range) | 0.1 (0.0-0.2) | 0.1 (0.0-10.8) | 0.200 | ||
Mean prothrombin time in sec ± SD | 14.55±1.56 | 13.82±1.22 | 0.252 | ||
Median INR % (range) | 1.1 (1.0-1.4) | 1.1 (1.0-1.3) | 0.814 | ||
Median AST in u/l (range) | 58.5 (13.0-245.0) | 75.0 (22.0-763.0) | 0.691 | ||
Median ALT in u/l (range) | 47.5 (12.0-301.0) | 68.0 (10.0-891.0) | 0.779 | ||
Median ALP in IU/L (range) | 201.0 (169.0-380.0) | 291.0 (133.0-972.0) | 0.161 | ||
Median GGT in u/l (range) | 39.0 (22.0-90.0) | 57.0 (19.0-1116.0) | 0.252 | ||