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. 2015 Nov 18;2015:793025. doi: 10.1155/2015/793025

Table 3.

Treatment, outcome, and complications in study population.

Parameter Frequency
N = 100 (%)
α-Thal (%)
N = 54 (%)
β-Thal (%)
N = 46 (%)
Treatment
 Antiplatelet 26% 3 (5.6) 23 (50)
 Iron chelation 55% 21 (38.9) 34 (73.9)
 Splenectomy 33% 8 (14.8) 25 (54.3)
Complications
 Abnormal plasma glucose 16% 9 (16.6) 7 (15.2)
 Abnormal liver function 29% 15 (27.7) 14 (30.4)
 Cardiomyopathy 11% 3 (5.5) 8 (17.4)
 Cholelithiasis 35% 15 (27.7) 20 (43.5)
 Cholecystectomy 25% 10 (18.5) 15 (32.6)
 EMH 25% 3 (5.6) 22 (47.8)
 Hypothyroidism 13% 6 (11.1) 7 (15.2)
 Hypogonadism 7% 2 (3.7) 5 (10.9)
 Leg ulcers 2% 1 (1.8) 1 (2.2)
 Osteoporosis 17% 11 (20.4) 6 (13.0)
 PHT 14% 3 (5.6) 11 (23.9)
 PXE None None None
 Thrombosis 4% 2 (3.7) 2 (4.3)
 Overall complications 83% 43 (79.6) 40 (87)

EMH: extramedullary hematopoiesis, PHT: pulmonary hypertension, PXE: pseudoxanthoma elasticum, α-Thal: alpha-thalassemia, and β-Thal: beta-thalassemia.