Research Article
Hemoglobin Disorders in South India
Table 8
Comparison of thalassemias (—indicates not detected).
| Disorder | No. of cases | Hb (gm%) | MCV (fl) | MCH (pg) | MCHC (gm/dL) | RDW (%) | RBC × 106 cumm | Hb F% | Hb A% |
| β thal trait | 206 | 10.4 | 65.5 | 19.9 | 30.5 | 16.5 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 81.3 | β thal major | 13 | 4.8 | 67.9 | 21.1 | 31 | 30.9 | 2.4 | 88 | 7.2 | α thal | 9 | 8.3 | 67.2 | 18.4 | 28.2 | 23.3 | 4.5 | — | 77.4 |
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