Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of studied thalassemia patients.

Variable	Value
Age (years)	23±4
Gender
M	23 (57.5%)
F	17 (42.5%)
Type of thalassemia
Thalassemia minor	5 (12.5%)
Thalassemia intermedia	22 (55.0%)
Thalassemia major	13 (32.5%)
Iron chelation therapy	15 (37.5%)
Splenectomy	11 (27.5%)
SGPT (IU/l)	52 (31–76)
SGOT (IU/l)	51 (31–73)
Urea (mg/dl)	25.5±4.2
Creatinine (mg/ml)	0.7±0.2
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	6.7±1.6
WBCs (x1000/mm3)	9.1 (6.6–13.7)
Platelets (x1000/mm3)	449 (303–720)
vWFa (IU/dl)	3.98 (1.65–6.00)

Data are mean ± SD, number (%) or median (interquartile range).