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. 2017 Nov 1;9(1):e2017063. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2017.063

Table 2.

Frequency of pain episodes, SCD-related hospitalisation and transfusion among the subjects in the 12 months preceding the study.

Criteria Frequency (%)
Frequency of painepisodes
 0 16 (15.2)
 1 15 (14.3)
 2 – 3 41 (39.1)
 >3 33 (31.4)
Mean ± SD 3.1 ± 3.0
Median (Range) 2.0 (0 – 15)
Frequency of SCD-related hospitalisation
0 54 (51.4)
 1 35 (33.3)
 2 – 3 14 (13.3)
>3 2 (2.0)
Mean ± SD 0.7 ± 0.9
Median (Range) 0.0 (0 – 4)
Frequency of SCD-related transfusions
0 84 (80.0)
 1 19 (18.0)
 2 – 3 2 (2.0)
>3 0 (0.0)
Mean ± SD 0.2 ± 0.5
Median (Range) 0.0 (0 – 3)