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. 2010 Mar;20(1):69–74.

Table 2.

The value of Hb×RBC product and MCH/RBC indicesin all groups

Groups Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) OR (95% CI)
Hb×RBC<45 SS 91 98 4 (0.45-35.79)
Sβ° 76 98 5 (0.58-42.80)
+ 86 98 2 (0.18-22.08)
MCH/RBC ≥ 7 SS 89 100 Infinity

Hb: hemoglobin/ RBC: Red blood cell/ MCH: Mean corpuscular/ SS: sickle cell anemia/

OR: Odds Ratio/ Sβ°: sickle/β°-thalassemia/ Sβ+: sickle/β+-thalassemia