Table 1.
Characteristic | Category | Total n = 66 (%) |
Seropositive n = 56 (%) |
Seronegative n = 10 (%) |
p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender a | Male | 27 (41) | 23 (41.1) | 4 (40) | 1.0 |
Female | 39 (59) | 33 (58.9) | 6 (60) | ||
Age b | 31 (18–49) | 33.7 (21–53) | 0.34 | ||
No. of doses a | One | 32 (48) | 23 (41.1) | 9 (90) | 0.005 |
Two | 34 (52) | 33 (58.9) | 1 (10) | ||
Hemoglobinopathy a | TDT | 51 (77) | 43 (76.8) | 8 (80) | 1.0 |
SCD | 15 (23) | 13 (23.2) | 2 (20) | ||
Splenectomy a | Yes | 31 (47) | 25 (44.6) | 6 (60) | 0.5 |
No | 35 (53) | 31 (55.4) | 4 (40) | ||
Hydroxyurea a | Yes | 17 (26) | 15 (26.8) | 2 (20) | 1.0 |
No | 49 (74) | 41 (73.2) | 8 (80) | ||
Hyperferritinemia (>1000 μg/mL) a | Yes | 54 (82) | 45 (80.4) | 9 (90) | 0.7 |
No | 12 (18) | 11 (19.6) | 1 (10) | ||
History of COVID-19 a; Anti-N positive | Yes | 31 (47) | 31 (55.4) | 0 (0) | 0.001 |
No | 35 (53) | 25 (44.6) | 10 (100) |
an (column percentage); b Mean (range). TDT = transfusion-dependent thalassemia, SCD = sickle cell disease.