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. 2012 Jun 14;2012:659191. doi: 10.5402/2012/659191

Table 3.

Haematological features of different types of haemoglobinopathies in the study subjects.

Variable Normal β-thalassemia minor E-β-thalassemia E-disease E-trait β-thalassemia major δ-β-Thalassemia D/S Trait P value (for overall difference)
N 253 128 81 65 73 3 3 4
Hb (g/dL) 12.3 ± 2.96 9.23 ± 2.06 6.12 ± 1.61 7.65 ± 3.76 10.9 ± 3.76 5.26 ± 1.30 11.3 ± 1.69 9.97 ± 5.00 <0.001
Hb A (%) 75.9 ± 17.7 60.4 ± 14.6 12.6 ± 5.32 2.39 ± 0.83 2.39 ± 0.84 12.2 ± 2.98 87.5 ± 3.32 53.1 ± 13.2 <0.001
Hb A2 (%) 2.02 ± 1.06 3.13 ± 1.26 2.70 ± 0.84 1.62 ± 0.21 <0.001
Hb E (%) 0.73 ± 0.07 45.6 ± 13.9 27.1 ± 4.41 30.2 ± 11.2 18.9 ± 7.72 <0.001
Hb F (%) 3.68 ± 1.35 41.5 ± 14.8 3.84 ± 1.60 0.15 ± 0.04 85.6 ± 3.75 9.75 ± 2.41 26.2 ± 7.32 <0.001
RBC (106/μL) 4.51 ± 0.84 4.77 ± 1.17 3.44 ± 0.87 3.92 ± 1.06 4.77 ± 0.67 2.80 ± 0.63 3.63 ± 0.12 4.49 ± 1.05 <0.001
HCT (%) 37.5 ± 7.82 30.7 ± 6.18 22.1 ± 5.08 24.9 ± 6.52 32.6 ± 4.73 18.6 ± 5.50 34.2 ± 1.97 31.4 ± 11.4 <0.001
MCV (fl) 79.4 ± 11.9 64.7 ± 12.4 64.8 ± 7.13 64.2 ± 7.37 68.7 ± 7.26 65.7 ± 4.85 82.0 ± 8.69 69.2 ± 13.8 <0.001
MCH (pg) 23.2 ± 6.12 19.5 ± 3.31 17.8 ± 2.13 18.3 ± 2.95 21.3 ± 3.17 18.7 ± 0.61 26.3 ± 1.20 21.6 ± 6.98 <0.001
MCHC (g/dL) 29.7 ± 5.40 31.7 ± 8.15 27.5 ± 2.25 28.6 ± 3.63 30.9 ± 2.57 28.5 ± 1.55 32.2 ± 1.97 30.6 ± 4.35 >0.05

Data are mean ± SD.