Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease after Age of 40: Follow-Up of a Cohort of 209 Patients in Senegal, West Africa

Table 3

Morbidity related to SCD: frequencies and types of acute and chronic complications.

Parameters	Numbers (n = 209)	Frequency (%)
Acute complications
Acute anemia	110	52.63
Stroke	04	1.90
Acute chest syndrome	21	10.00
Priapism	11	5.26
Acute osteomyelitis	03	1.43
Frequency of chronic complications	68	32.50
Type of chronic complications
Osteonecrosis	48	22.96
Biliary lithiasis	35	16.74
Leg ulcers	12	5.74
Nephropathy	16	7.65
Heart failure	09	4.30
Retinopathy	09	4.30
Pulmonary hypertension	08	3.82