Research Article

The Management of Iron Chelation Therapy: Preliminary Data from a National Registry of Thalassaemic Patients

Table 2

Demographic data of the patients participating to the study.

FemalesMalesGlobal

Sex (%)518 (52.8%)463 (47.2%)981
Age: mean ± SD 3 1 . 4 5 ± 1 0 . 4 5 2 9 . 6 1 ± 1 0 . 3 7 3 0 . 5 6 ± 1 0 . 4 7
Median (range)33 (2–60)31 (2–54)32 (2–60)
Paediatric patients (%)53 (46.9%)60 (53.1%)113