Table-III.
Severity of anemia among medical students.
| Anemia Grades | Hostilities (n = 143) | Day scholars (n=78) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (%) | Hb Mean (SD) | MCV Mean (SD) | MCH Mean (SD) | MCHC Mean (SD) | Frequency (%) | Hb Mean (SD) | MCV Mean (SD) | MCH Mean (SD) | MCHC Mean (SD) | |
| No anemia | 87 (60.8%) | 13.3 (0.77) | 111.00 (13. 1) | 26.7(6.6) | 31.82(1.8) | 60(76.9%) | 13.3(0.83) | 81.6(13.0) | 26.3(4.6) | 31.02(5.9) |
| Mild anemia | 41 (28.7%) | 11(0.57) | 79(7.2) | 25.2(3.32) | 31(1.54) | 16(20.5%) | 10(0.64) | 78(7.9) | 24.2(3.4) | 30.7 (1.75) |
| Moderate anemia | 14 (9.8%) | 9.1(0.47) | 79(9.1) | 26(3.4) | 32(1.44) | 2(2.6%) | 9.4(0.35) | 77(4.9) | 23(2.3) | 30.56(1.06) |
| Severe anemia | 1 (0.7%) | 7.4(0.26) | 83(11.3) | 26(5.5) | 30(1.47) | 0(0) | - | - | - | - |
| P values | 0.000* | 0.001* | 0.81 | 0.53 | 0.700 | 0.002* | 0.000* | 0.60 | 0.19 | 0.97 |
Hemoglobin (Hb), Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) Hb cut offs were taken as per WHO criteria for detection of various grades of anemia1ANOVA was used to compare Hb and red cell indices levels among the grading of anemi X2for comparison of percentages. p-value≤ 0.05 is considered statistically significant values are given as Mean (SD).