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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Lab Hematol. 2009 Dec 23;32(4):443–448. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2009.01210.x

Table 1.

Patient groups

MDS
n = 21		 Negative for MDS
n = 80
Age 78.7 (65–96) 75.7 (66–91)
Male 13 (62%) 50 (62.5%)
Female 8 (38%) 30 (37.5%)
Hemoglobin (g/dl)* 10 (8–12.9) 10.8 (7.3–12.9)

MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.

*

Values for hemoglobin are given in conventional units; for conversion to Systeme International (SI) units (g/l), multiply by 10.0.