Table 1.
General characteristics of SCD patients
| Category | Mean age ± SD, years | Gender
|
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male, n (%) | Female, n (%) | |||
| HbAA | 31.9±10.0 | 93 (62.8) | 55 (37.2) | <0.001 |
| HbSS in steady state | 25.5±9.7 | 110 (52.9) | 98 (47.1) | <0.05 |
| HbSC in steady state | 34.9±14.1 | 30 (36.6) | 52 (63.4) | <0.001 |
| HbSS in VOC | 26.2±9.4 | 64 (41.0) | 92 (59.0) | <0.05 |
| HbSC in VOC | 32.4±12.0 | 12 (35.3) | 22 (64.7) | <0.001 |
| HbSS in post VOC | 26.3±9.5 | 15 (44.1) | 19 (55.9) | <0.05 |
| HbSS with leg ulcer | 27.9±5.6 | 14 (66.7) | 7 (33.3) | <0.001 |
| HbSS with priapism | 30.9±13.0 | 11 (100) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: SCD, sickle cell disease; VOC, vaso-occlusive crisis.