Research Article
Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: A Single Center Study from Southern Pakistan
Table 1
Descriptive statistics and laboratory parameters.
| | Parameters | Results | References ranges |
| | Age (years) | 12.56 ± 5.9 | — | | Hemoglobin (gm/dL) | 7.4 ± 1.9 | 12–16 gm/dL | | Hematocrit (%) | 23.1 ± 5.7 | 36–48 | | Total leucocyte count | 6.5 ± 3.9 | 4.0–11.0 × 109/L | | Platelet count | 150.7 ± 94.l | 150–400 × 109/L | | Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 1.53 ± 0.8 | 0.3–1.2 | | Direct bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.56 ± 0.5 | 0.1–0.5 | | Indirect bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.94 ± 0.5 | 0.2–0.7 | | AST (/L) | 68.0 ± 42.7 | <40 | | ALT (/L) | 78.5 ± 73.7 | 7–56 | | Serum ferritin (ng/mL) | 4699.7 ± 3089 | 20–200 | | Corrected serum calcium (mg/dL) | 8.1 ± 0.8 | 8.6–10.2 | | Serum phosphorus (mg/dL) | 3.1 ± 1.28 | 2.5–4.5 | | Serum vitamin D (ng/mL) | 23.1 ± 10.7 | >30 | | Parathyroid level (pg/mL) | 23.5 ± 23.0 | 12–50 |
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