Table 4. Difference between the age group, no. of blood units transfused, Times of transfusion and Gender, DAT, AC, IAT, Alloantibody, Splenectomy, in Thalassemia patients (Mann-Whitney U test).
| Characteristics | No. of patients | Age | No. of blood units transfused | Times of transfusion |
| Male | 37 | 15.32±6.67 | 386.77±286.26 | 302.008±157.12 |
| Female | 29 | 16.11±6.05 | 375.28±256.25 | 305.75±126.65 |
| p-value | 0.415 | 0.43 | 0.456 | |
| DAT+Ve | 29 | 18.85±5.66 | 508.98±264.72 | 373.70±137.54 |
| DAT-Ve | 37 | 13.17±5.82 | 281.98±235.16 | 248.74±124.11 |
| P-value | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AC+Ve | 26 | 18.33±5.60 | 483.64±265.78 | 360.23±136.005 |
| AC-Ve | 40 | 13.94±6.31 | 315.47±257.16 | 266.87±137.60 |
| p-value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.003 | |
| ICT+Ve | 4 | 22.00±2.44 | 619.68±112.64 | 444.37±77.27 |
| ICT-Ve | 62 | 15.26±6.34 | 366.37±271.96 | 294.57±142.34 |
| p-value | 0.016 | 0.031 | 0.018 | |
| Alloab.+Ve | 9 | 20.11±4.044 | 569.63±215.64 | 407.25±115.41 |
| Allo ab.-Ve | 57 | 14.97±6.41 | 352.054±268.95 | 287.29±141.40 |
| p-value | 0.008 | 0.012 | 0.011 | |
| Splenectomy | 7 | 21.57±2.07 | 613.57±161.02 | 424.07±107.40 |
| With Spleen | 59 | 14.97±6.35 | 354.21±269.55 | 289.36±141.14 |
| p-value | 0.002 | 0.009 | 0.011 |