Table 3.
Association between the red cell morphological pattern of the women and anaemia.
| RBC morphology | Anaemic (%) |
Nonanaemic (%) |
P value | χ 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normocytosis | 0.00 | 34.5 | ||
| Yes | 68 (38.0) | 111 (62.0) | ||
| No | 149 (67.4) | 72 (32.6) | ||
| Normochromia | 0.00 | 26.5 | ||
| Yes | 22 (28.2) | 56 (71.8) | ||
| No | 195 (60.6) | 127 (39.4) | ||
| Hypochromia | 0.00 | 26.5 | ||
| Yes | 195 (60.6) | 127 (39.4) | ||
| No | 22 (28.2) | 56 (71.8) | ||
| Microcytosis | 0.00 | 33.5 | ||
| Yes | 107 (66.5) | 54 (33.5) | ||
| No | 110 (46.0) | 129 (54.0) | ||
| Macrocytosis | 0.00 | 8.0 | ||
| Yes | 60 (67.4) | 29 (32.6) | ||
| No | 157 (50.5) | 154 (49.5) |