Table 4. Predictive ability of reticulocyte haemoglobin content and percentage hypochromic red cells using TSAT and ferritin as reference parameters among chronic kidney disease participants and healthy controls.
| CKD patients | Total | Healthy Controls | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIDA | IDA | NIDA | IDA | ||||
| CHr n (%) | ≤28pg | 33(19.76) | 57(62.64) | 90 (34.88) | 22(17.19) | 6 (46.15) | 28 (19.86) |
| >28pg | 134(80.24) | 34(37.36) | 168(65.12) | 106(82.81) | 7(53.85) | 113(80.14) | |
| %HYPO | >5% | 93 (55.69) | 67(73.63) | 160(62.02) | 34 (26.56) | 9 69.23) | 43 (30.50) |
| ≤5% | 74 (44.31) | 24(26.37) | 98(37.98) | 94 (73.44) | 4 (30.77) | 98 (69.50) | |
| Total | 167 | 91 | 258 | 128 | 13 | 141 | |
IDA: Iron deficiency anaemia; NIDA: Non-iron deficiency anaemia