Research Article

Hematological Parameters in Individuals with Beta Thalassemia Trait in South Sumatra, Indonesia

Table 4

Distribution of hematological parameters and Hb analysis for each genotype.

Genotypeβ0 heterozygotesβ+ heterozygotes
CD 35 (−C)CD 41–42 (−TCTT)CD 8/9 (+G)IVS1-nt1IVS1-nt5HbEHbMalay
n = 3n = 14n = 4n = 16n = 59n = 35n = 47

Hematological parameter
 Hb (g/dL)12.1 (10.8–12.3)10.9 (8.8–13.5)12.1 (11.1–13.0)11.0 (9.4–13.3)11.4 (9.3–14.6)12.7 (9.5–15.1)12.3 (8.3–15.5)
 MCV (fL)65.9 (63.3–68.3)60.2 (55.6–63.4)61.3 (61.1–61.5)62.5 (54.4–85.3)63.9 (51.9–79.5)75.2 (61.9–83.3)71.2 (53,4–81,3)
 MCH (pg)20.0 (20.0–21.0)18.5 (17.0–20.0)18.0a19.0 (17.0–28.0)20.0 (15.0–26.0)24.0 (18.0–30.0)22.0 (16.0–25.0)
 RDW (%)15.6 (14.5–17.7)18.0 (15.4–20.8)18.2 (17.6–19.1)17.5 (12.1–20.1)17.2 (12.6–20.2)14.6 (12.3–18.3)15.6 (13.5–20.6)

Hemoglobin analysis
 HbA2 (%)5.4 (5.1–5.4)5.5 (4.9–6.6)4.8 (4.7–5.3)5.2 (2.7–6.1)5.0 (1.9–6.4)3.7 (2.9–5.7)4.5 (3.7–6.0)
 HbF (%)0 (0–1.4)0.4 (0–2.9)0.7 (0–0.4)0.7 (0–4.1)0 (0–12.7)0 (0–24.5)0.2 (0–3.9)
 HbA (%)94.6 (93.2–94.9)93.9 (90.5–95.1)95.2 (94.3–95.3)93.6 (90.7–96.8)94.6 (70.9–98.1)71.1 (68.0–94.8)95.1 (91.4–96.3)
 HbE (%) (n = 35)1 subject: 25.425.2 (23.0–27.0)

Abnormal distribution (median). aMCH value in CD 8/9(+G) mutation has the constant value (4 subjects) = 18 pg.