Table 3.

Hematologic, serum ferritin, and serum iron characterization between −α^3.7 genotypes and gender from the first-time blood donors from FHEMOAM (2016-2017).

Parameters data	α-Globin genotypes (all)			p value	α-Globin genotypes (male)			p value	α-Globin genotypes (female)			p value
	αα/αα	−α3.7/αα	α 3.7/α3.7		αα/αα	−α3.7/αα	α 3.7/α3.7		αα/αα	−α3.7/αα	α 3.7/α3.7
WBC (×103/μL)	6.92 ± .96	7.21 ± .68	7.16 ± 1.11	0.174	6.99 ± .95	7.33 ± .63	7.19 ± 1.57	0.179	6.68 ± .96	6.84 ± .73	7.11 ± .88	0.802
RBC (×106/mm L)	4.74 ± .43	5.04 ± .35	5.57 ± .76	<0.001	4.87 ± .38	5.11 ± .32	5.76 ± .73	<0.001	4.42 ± .36	4.77 ± .31	5.09 ± .35	<0.001
Hg (g/dL)	14.13 ± 1.28	14.05 ± 1.41	12.11 ± 1.38	<0.001	14.60 ± 1.1	14.47 ± 1.2	12.54 ± 1.4	<0.001	12.99 ± 1.1	12.35 ± .7	11.05 ± .91	0.009
Hct (%)	43.21 ± 3.32	43.13 ± 3.03	42.01 ± 2.66	.591	44.26 ± 2.9	43.81 ± 2.7	42.58 ± 2.5	0.292	40.32 ± 2.7	39.51 ± 2.1	39.1 ± 1.9	0.659
MCV (fL)	90.39 ± 4.42	84.97 ± 4.81	74.49 ± 7.28	<0.001	90.91 ± 4.41	85.83 ± 4.70	74.54 ± 2.89	<0.001	89.12 ± 4.2	81.41 ± 3.6	73.59 ± .5	<0.001
MCH (pg/l)	29.82 ± 1.82	27.87 ± 2.34	21.98 ± 3.09	<0.001	29.99 ± 1.7	28.34 ± 2.2	22.09 ± 3.7	<0.001	29.42 ± 1.9	25.93 ± 1.7	21.69 ± .29	<0.001
MCHC (g/dl)	32.96 ± 1.08	32.77 ± 1.42	29.43 ± 1.82	<0.001	32.99 ± 1.44	33.01 ± 1.43	29.40 ± 2.21	<0.001	32.89 ± 1.2	31.83 ± 1.1	29.48 ± .61	<0.001
RDW (%)	13.27 ± .89	14.59 ± 1.23	16.13 ± 1.51	<0.001	12.43 ± .91	13.85 ± 1.2	16.18 ± 1.4	<0.001	12.88 ± .72	13.52 ± .54	15.11 ± 2.3	<0.001
Platelet (×109/L)	278.3 ± 98.8	261.6 ± 61.8	277.4 ± 92.8	0.461	272.2 ± 87.4	261.3 ± 72.4	257.4 ± 124.5	0.709	293.3 ± 106.6	263.1 ± 54.9	281.7 ± 38.2	0.693
Serum iron (μg/dL)	91.29 ± 19.31	82.15 ± 102.4	60.29 ± 28.2	<0.001	81.9 ± 5.5	76.6 ± 4.5	51.2 ± 27.5	<0.001	120.6 ± 17.5	99.5 ± 30.8	78.5 ± 26.4	<0.001
Serum ferritin (μg/dL)	156.1 ± 47.7	157.4 ± 45.9	118.2 ± 59.66	<0.001	179.1 ± 28.1	169.8 ± 21.4	121.12 ± 79.7	<0.001	88.1 ± 22.6	87.5 ± 26.1	84.4 ± 24.4	.894