Table 2.
Variables | Males | Females | Total | p value | |||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
(1) Anaemia | |||||||
No | 2 | 8 | — | — | 2 | 5.7 | 0.504 |
Yes | 23 | 92 | 10 | 100 | 33 | 94.2 | |
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(2) CRP | |||||||
Positive | 18 | 72 | 9 | 90 | 27 | 77.1 | 0.250 |
Negative | 7 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 22.8 | |
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(3) Mean values (Mean ± SD) | |||||||
Haemoglobin (g/dL) | 9.27 ± 1.53 | 8.26 ± 0.63 | 8.98 ± 1.40 | 0.054 | |||
Phosphate (mg/L) | 69.2 ± 26.62 | 68.6 ± 25.3 | 69.54 ± 25.88 | 0.894 | |||
Calcium (mg/L) | 74.48 ± 15.41 | 62.2 ± 21.12 | 70.57 ± 17.82 | 0.065 |