TABLE 3.
Mild anemia increases hospitalization and mortality
| Percent hospitalized | Percent deceased | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years of follow‐up | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| Women | Nonanemic | 5 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Mildly anemic | 13 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 7.5 | 10 | 13 | |
| Men | Nonanemic | 10 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Mildly anemic | 17 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | |
Note: Percent of patients experiencing one or more hospitalizations or deceased, stratified by sex and mild anemia status, over a 2‐year follow‐up in the Health and Anemia population‐based study (2003–2007). Mild anemia was defined as Hb concentration between 10.0 and 11.9 g/dl in women and between 10.0 and 12.9 g/dl in men. Source: From Reference 38.