Table 1.

Patient Characteristics, Age and Gender Distributions

		Primary (n=20)	Secondary (n=18)	P
Age (months)		31±9	81±14	p=0.03
Female/male		12/8	11/7	p>0.05
Consanguinity	Present	18 (90%)	8 (44.4%)	p=0.03
	Absent	2 (10%)	10 (31.6%)
History of Sibling Death	Present	6 (30%)	0	p=0.021
	Absent	14 (70%)	18 (100%)
Fever		19(95%)	18(100%)	p>0.05
Splenomegaly		20(100%)	17(94.4%)	p>0.05
Hepatomegaly		19(95%)	15(83.3%)	p>0.05
Turkish		12(60%)	15(83.3%)
Arabic		4(20%)	2(11.1%)
Kurdish		4(20%)	1(5.6%)