Relationship between Painful Crisis and Serum Zinc Level in Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia

Table 3

Relationship between zinc content of last meal consumed before taking blood and mean serum zinc level.

Zinc content of meal	Mean serum zinc concentration 𝜇g/dL (± SD)			𝐹	𝑃-value
	Genotype AA𝑛 = 71	Sickle cell anaemia
		Steady state 𝑛 = 71	Painful crisis 𝑛 = 71
Low	46.7 (37.8)	29.3 (10.8)	20.0 (9.9)	1.9	.192
Moderate	40.6 (12.5)	37.6 (13.0)	25.7 (10.9)	23.1	.000
High	46.9 (10.8)	55.4 (11.5)	34.4 (11.5)	6.6	.004