Table 1. Blood test result on initial presentation.
| Blood Result | Value | Normal Reference Range |
| Haemoglobin | 56 g/L | 120 - 150 g/L |
| Platelets | 335 x 109/L | 150 - 400 x 109/L |
| Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) | 69.2 fL | 83 - 101 fL |
| Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) | 17.8 pg/cell | 27 - 32 pg/cell |
| Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) | 257 g/L | 310 - 350 g/L |
| Iron | 2 μmol/L | 11 - 25 μmol/L |
| Transferrin | 3.77 g/L | 2 - 3.6 g/L |
| Transferrin saturation | 2 % | 20 - 50 % |
| Ferritin | 4 µg/L | 13 - 150 µg/L |
| Total bilirubin | 2 µmol/L | 0 - 21 µmol/L |
| Reticulocyte count | 83 x 109/L | 10 - 100 x 109/L |
| Vitamin B12 | 443 ng/L | 200 - 900 ng/L |
| Folate | 19.5 μg/L | 3 - 20 μg/L |
| Urea | 3.5 mmol/L | 2.5 - 7.8 mmol/L |
| Lactate | 1.2 mmol/L | 0.5 - 2.2 mmol/L |