Table 3.
Variables | 20–49 | ≥50 | Total | p value | |||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
(1) Anaemia | |||||||
No | 2 | 11.2 | — | — | 2 | 5.8 | 0.220 |
Yes | 16 | 88.8 | 17 | 100 | 33 | 94.2 | |
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(2) CRP | |||||||
Positive | 13 | 72.2 | 14 | 82.3 | 27 | 77.1 | 0.202 |
Negative | 5 | 27.7 | 3 | 17.6 | 8 | 23.3 | |
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(3) Mean values (Mean ± SD) | |||||||
Haemoglobin (g/dL) | 9.3 ± 1.55 | 8.64 ± 1.18 | 8.98 ± 1.40 | 0.054 | |||
Phosphate (mg/L) | 69.39 ± 26.40 | 69.71 ± 26.13 | 69.54 ± 25.88 | 0.894 | |||
Calcium (mg/L) | 74.67 ± 15.06 | 67.06 ± 20.05 | 70.97 ± 17.82 | 0.065 |