Multivariable Discriminant Analysis for the Differential Diagnosis of Microcytic Anemia

Table 3

Distribution of predicted versus actual disease classification in the validation set applying the classification type I. Number of patients (column %).

Predicted diagnosis	Actual diagnosis		IDA	α-thalassemia	Total
	Mixed	β-thalassemia
Mixed	6 (13.7)	17 (27)	13 (2.6)	2 (12.5)	38
β-thalassemia	3 (6.8)	19 (30.1)	3 (0.6)	0	25
IDA	13 (29.5)	2 (3.2)	355 (70.3)	3 (18.7)	373
α-thalassemia	22 (50)	25 (39.7)	134 (26.5)	11 (68.8)	192
Total	44	63	505	16

IDA: iron deficiency anemia.