Research Article

Multivariable Discriminant Analysis for the Differential Diagnosis of Microcytic Anemia

Table 4

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

Predicted diagnosisActual diagnosis
Acquired anemia ( = 505)Genetic anemia ( = 123)

Acquired anemia, IDA ( = 436)412 (81.6)24 (19.5)
Genetic anemia ( = 192)93 (18.4)99 (80.5)

IDA: iron deficiency anemia.