Table 3.
Relationship Between the Type of Anaemia Diagnosed and Haematology Parameters
| Type of Anaemia Diagnosed | Pearson’s Chi-Square Value | df | P value | Pearson’s R Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild IDA | Moderate IDA | Severe IDA | Thalassemia | Normochromic Normocytic Anaemia | ||||||
| Sex | Female | 56 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2.75 | 4 | 0.66 | −0.055 |
| Male | 82 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Age | <5 years | 95 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 14.6 | 8 | 0.066 | −0.006 |
| 5–11 years | 38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 12–14 years | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Ferritin | Low | 138 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 234 | 8 | <0.0001 | 0.35 |
| Normal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| High | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| RBC | Low | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 55.3 | 8 | <0.0001 | −0.29 |
| Normal | 132 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| High | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| MCV | Low | 120 | 73 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 64.1 | 4 | <0.0001 | 0.26 |
| Normal | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| MCH | Low | 131 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 107.5 | 8 | <0.0001 | 0.435 |
| Normal | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| High | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| HCT | Low | 137 | 73 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0.69 | 4 | 0.951 | −0.042 |
| Normal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Abbreviations: IDA, iron deficiency anaemia; RBCs, red blood cells; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; HCT, haematocrit.