Advances in Hematology

Research Article

Deletional Alpha-Thalassemia Alleles in Amazon Blood Donors

Table 3

Hematologic, serum ferritin, and serum iron characterization between −α^3.7 genotypes and gender from the first-time blood donors from FHEMOAM (2016-2017).

Parameters data

α-Globin genotypes (all)

value

α-Globin genotypes (male)

value

α-Globin genotypes (female)

value

αα/αα

−α^3.7/αα

α^3.7/α^3.7

αα/αα

−α^3.7/αα

α^3.7/α^3.7

αα/αα

−α^3.7/αα

α^3.7/α^3.7

WBC (×10³/μL)

6.92 ± .96

7.21 ± .68

7.16 ± 1.11

0.174

6.99 ± .95

7.33 ± .63

7.19 ± 1.57

0.179

6.68 ± .96

6.84 ± .73

7.11 ± .88

0.802

RBC (×10⁶/mm L)

4.74 ± .43

5.04 ± .35

5.57 ± .76

<0.001

4.87 ± .38

5.11 ± .32

5.76 ± .73

<0.001

4.42 ± .36

4.77 ± .31

5.09 ± .35

<0.001

Hg (g/dL)

14.13 ± 1.28

14.05 ± 1.41

12.11 ± 1.38

<0.001

14.60 ± 1.1

14.47 ± 1.2

12.54 ± 1.4

<0.001

12.99 ± 1.1

12.35 ± .7

11.05 ± .91

0.009

Hct (%)

43.21 ± 3.32

43.13 ± 3.03

42.01 ± 2.66

.591

44.26 ± 2.9

43.81 ± 2.7

42.58 ± 2.5

0.292

40.32 ± 2.7

39.51 ± 2.1

39.1 ± 1.9

0.659

MCV (fL)

90.39 ± 4.42

84.97 ± 4.81

74.49 ± 7.28

<0.001

90.91 ± 4.41

85.83 ± 4.70

74.54 ± 2.89

<0.001

89.12 ± 4.2

81.41 ± 3.6

73.59 ± .5

<0.001

MCH (pg/l)

29.82 ± 1.82

27.87 ± 2.34

21.98 ± 3.09

<0.001

29.99 ± 1.7

28.34 ± 2.2

22.09 ± 3.7

<0.001

29.42 ± 1.9

25.93 ± 1.7

21.69 ± .29

<0.001

MCHC (g/dl)

32.96 ± 1.08

32.77 ± 1.42

29.43 ± 1.82

<0.001

32.99 ± 1.44

33.01 ± 1.43

29.40 ± 2.21

<0.001

32.89 ± 1.2

31.83 ± 1.1

29.48 ± .61

<0.001

RDW (%)

13.27 ± .89

14.59 ± 1.23

16.13 ± 1.51

<0.001

12.43 ± .91

13.85 ± 1.2

16.18 ± 1.4

<0.001

12.88 ± .72

13.52 ± .54

15.11 ± 2.3

<0.001

Platelet (×10⁹/L)

278.3 ± 98.8

261.6 ± 61.8

277.4 ± 92.8

0.461

272.2 ± 87.4

261.3 ± 72.4

257.4 ± 124.5

0.709

293.3 ± 106.6

263.1 ± 54.9

281.7 ± 38.2

0.693

Serum iron (μg/dL)

91.29 ± 19.31

82.15 ± 102.4

60.29 ± 28.2

<0.001

81.9 ± 5.5

76.6 ± 4.5

51.2 ± 27.5

<0.001

120.6 ± 17.5

99.5 ± 30.8

78.5 ± 26.4

<0.001

Serum ferritin (μg/dL)

156.1 ± 47.7

157.4 ± 45.9

118.2 ± 59.66

<0.001

179.1 ± 28.1

169.8 ± 21.4

121.12 ± 79.7

<0.001

88.1 ± 22.6

87.5 ± 26.1

84.4 ± 24.4

.894