Table I.

Hemoglobin levels, red cell indices, white cell count (WCC), platelet counts, bilirubin, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and reticulocyte counts

	HbAA			Crisis			HbSS			HU treated			Transfusion			HbSC
	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR
Hb (g dl−1)	14	110.00	106–121	14	71.00	61–81.5	51	83.00	74.8–93.8	29	102.00	99.5–109	15	100.00	92.8–107.8	13	111.00	101.5–113.5
HbF (%)	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	15.25	5.6–17.6	31	16.20	7.0–27.7	30	27.70	19.1–32.0	15	5.00	2.6–7.9	12	4.50	2.8–5.4
HbS (%)	n/a	n/a	n/a	13	76.90	72.2–86.7	31	74.90	67.1–85.8	30	63.65	59.6–70.3	15	25.90	16.2–35.4	12	44.70	43.9–45.5
MCV (fl)	15	77	72.7–81.0	14	77.80	73.1–81.3	53	80.80	72.8–85.8	30	92.90	89.7–102.8	16	87.10	83.8–90.5	13	70.60	65.1–74.6
MCH (pg/cell)	15	27	24.6–28.1	14	25.20	24.3–27.9	53	27.10	24.9–29.6	29	34.90	31.1–36.8	16	30.00	29.3–30.98	13	24.30	22.9–26.6
Bilirubin (µmol L−1)	8	11.00	6.0–14.5	11	30.00	21.0–41.0	48	31.50	19.0–43.0	27	19.00	15.0–27.0	15	27.00	18.5–43.0	11	15.00	6.0–21.0
LDH (IU L−1)	8	397.50	384–571	12	1083.00	866–1,719	45	1031.00	783–1,388	26	731.00	664–894	15	780.00	649–1,075	11	497.00	420–562
Neutrophil (×109 L−1)	17	2.40	1.80–3.25	15	9.40	5.70–12.4	51	4.50	3.25–6.83	30	3.00	2.20–3.93	15	4.60	3.40–7.65	13	2.90	2.35–3.50
Platelet (×109 L−1)	17	320.00	290–402	14	249.50	148–362	51	340.00	282–418	29	245.00	177–418	15	281.00	177–331	13	267.00	230–366
WCC (×109 L−1)	17	7.25	5.40–8.98	15	16.00	12.9–19.3	51	13.35	8.67–15.7	30	7.90	6.15–9.63	15	11.40	8.1–14.3	13	8.50	6.20–10.7
Reticulocytes (total µl−1)	14	49.25	40.5–61.1	13	251.00	105–328	49	285.00	230–348	29	131.00	90.8–164	15	225.00	128–258	13	102.00	76.6–118

IR=interquartile range.