Table 1.

Demographic and hematologic parameters of sickle cell anemia patients (n = 50) and control group (n = 20).

	Patients (n = 50)	Control (n = 20)
Gender (F/M)	28/22	14/6
Age	37.78 (20–63)	27.67 (20–55)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	8.596 ± 0.2093	12.34 ± 0.5
Hematocrit (%)	24.93 ± 0.5791	39 ± 0.6
MCV (fL)	98.84 ± 1.515	94.4 ± 1.5
MCH (pg)	34.50 ± 0.6112	33.4 ± 0.8
MCHC (%)	34.41 ± 0.1868	32.5 ± 0.5
Leucocytes (×109/L)	13.7 ± 2.7	6.3 ± 1.6
Platelets (×109/L)	381.8 ± 24.5	390.2 ± 25.7
Hb F (%)	12.68 ± 1.162	–
Hb S (%)	80.93 ± 1.006	–

MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; MCH: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin; Hb F: Fetal hemoglobin; Hb S: Sickle hemoglobin.

Data are expressed in mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).