Table 2. Comorbidities in patients with thalassemia (obtained from records).
Comorbidity | No. of patients (percentage of total) |
Hypothyroidism | 3 (10%) |
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism | 4 (13.3%) |
Splenectomized | 2 (6.6%) |
Hepatic iron overload (T2*MRI) | |
Mild | 2 (8.7%) |
Moderate | 5 (21.7%) |
Severe | 12 (52.2%) |
Cardiac iron overload (T2*MRI) | |
Mild | 1 (4.3%) |
Moderate | 1 (4.3%) |
Severe | 5 (21.7%) |