. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 25.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Jan;52(1):85–91. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21745

Table I.

Patients’ Characteristics and Association with Gray Matter CBF

Variable	Patients (N=21)	P value
Age (years)	12 ± 4
Hemoglobin concentration (g/dl)	9.2 ± 1.6	NS
Fetal hemoglobin (%)^*	16.6 ± 9.4	NS
White blood cell count (cell × 10⁶)	8.9 ± 3.6	NS
Absolute reticulocyte count (cell × 10⁶)	283.1 ± 573.7	NS
TAMV (cm/sec)^**	125 ± 20	NS

Results presented as Mean (± SD). TAMV: Time Average Mean Velocity obtained by transcranial doppler ultrasound measurement

n=19

^**

n=18