Research Article

Comparative Evaluation of the Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Content Assay When Screening for Iron Deficiency in Elderly Anemic Patients

Table 1

Comparison of hematimetric and biochemical iron parameters and CRP between patients with IDA and ACD. Data are expressed as means ± SD. IDA, iron deficiency anemia; ACD: anemia of chronic Disease; CHr: reticulocyte hemoglobin content; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; TIBC: total iron binding capacity; TSAT: transferrin saturation, sTfR: soluble transferrin receptor; TfR-F Index, sTfR/log Ferritin; CRP, C-Reactive Protein.

VariableIDAACD 𝑃

Age (years) 7 6 ± 6 7 9 ± 9 0.291
Hb (g/L) 8 3 ± 2 3 1 0 0 ± 1 3 0.012
CHr (pg) 2 5 . 9 ± 3 . 9 3 1 . 2 ± 4 . 2 <0.001
MCH (pg) 2 4 . 6 ± 4 . 3 3 0 . 5 ± 3 . 3 <0.001
MCV (fL) 8 0 . 2 ± 1 0 . 4 9 4 . 3 ± 9 . 8 <0.001
Iron (μmol/L) 3 . 8 ± 2 . 9 9 . 4 ± 8 . 7 <0.01
TIBC (μmol/L) 7 5 . 3 ± 1 6 . 8 4 5 . 4 ± 1 7 . 2 <0.01
TSAT (%) 8 . 5 ± 1 3 . 2 2 2 . 7 ± 2 . 2 <0.001
sTfR (mg/L) 3 . 4 5 ± 1 . 6 7 1 . 4 1 ± 0 . 5 6 <0.001
Ferritin ( 𝜇 g/L) 1 4 ± 1 0 4 3 9 ± 4 1 6 <0.001
TfR-F Index 3 . 6 2 ± 3 . 2 1 0 . 6 9 ± 0 . 3 8 <0.001
CRP (mg/L) 2 0 ± 2 5 6 4 ± 3 3 0.102