Table 3.

Demographic and clinical characteristics in two subgroups of thalassemia

	CMRT2* <20 (n=22)	CMRT2* >20 (n=28)	P
Gender (female/male)	10/12	16/12	0.412
Age	26.64±7.16	21.57±7.75	0.022
High	164.39±7.80	160.43±11.68	0.186
Weigh	58.41±11.5	51.64±13.17	0.590
BMI	21.55±3.33	19.75±3.36	0.066
Hemoglobin	9.32±1.12	9.45±0.72	0.635
Ferritin	1146.82±730.93	982.14±650.50	0.406

BMI=Body mass index, CMRT2*= Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance T2*