Table-I.

The relationship between hematological values and number of vaso-occlusive crises for the previous year

	Group 1 Mean-SD	Group 2	Group 3	p value
Hemoglobin (mean ± SD)	8.5±1.27	9.1±1.48	8.4±1.32	0.018*
WBC (mean ± SD)	14.69±4.40	14.15±4.47	13.35±6.02	0.182
Platelet (mean±SD)	485±236.36	485±215.44	428±234.75	0.189
MPV (mean±SD)	9.05±1.27	9.50±1,27	9.70±1.27	0.001**
Age	11.14±4.43	10.67±4.27	11.36±4.35	0.734

^*p=0,042 group 1 vs 2 and p= 0,015 group 2 vs 3

^**p=0,001 group 1 vs 3.