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Published in final edited form as: Am J Hematol. 2016 May 11;91(8):E323–E324. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24390

Table I.

Comparison of Selected Haematological Parameters in Individuals With SCA With Low and High pg HbF/F-Cell (n = 107)

	High (HbF/F-cell ≥ 10 pg), median (min, max) (n = 4)	Low (HbF/F-cell < 10 pg), median (min, max) (n = 103)	P
HbF, %	12.55 (5.1–19.1)	8.9 (0.5–19.8)	0.221
F-cell, %	16.9 (8.32–50.81)	38.53 (5.19–77.37)	0.091
HbF/F-cell, pg	14.3 (11.6–22.44)	6.47 (5.65–7.02)	<0.001
MCH, pg	28.1 (21.2–31.3)	27.9 (19.1–35)	0.889
MCHC, g/Dl	34.7 (33.5–35.7)	34.3 (30.3–37.6)	0.705
Hemoglobin, g/dL	10 (8.1–12.1)	7.9 (3.5–11.4)	0.020
RBC, ×10⁶/μL	3.66 (2.79–4.99)	2.88 (1.41–4.82)	0.053
MCV, fL	82.2 (61.5–87.8)	81.3 (55.6–103.2)	0.928
Reticulocytes, %	7.795 (3.92–8.46)	9.31 (2.52–25.31)	0.079
WBC, ×10³/μL	8.62 (7.14–11.34)	11.13 (5.39–20.57)	0.073
Platelets, ×10³/μL	418 (208–553)	382 (78–1061)	0.799

HbF indicates fetal hemoglobin; RBC, red blood cells; MCV, mean cell volume; MCH, mean cell hemoglobin; MCHC, Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; WBC, white blood cells.