Cobalamin and Folic Acid Status in Relation to the Etiopathogenesis of Pancytopenia in Adults at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India

Table 3

Vitamin assays in pancytopenia.

	MA	AA	Leukemia	Infections	Myelo pthisis	Other	All Pancyto-penia
	Mean ± Standard deviation (SD)
S. Ferritin (ng/mL)	38.3±33.5	41.2±33.4	55.6±32.5	52.5±40.4	57.7±41.0	35±29.2	42.9±34.9
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)	83.4±59.2	220.3±379.3	219.3±536.1	155.5±224.3	72.3±26.6	1152.1±2158.7	150.3±426.8
Serum folate (ng/mL)	16.1±4.5	15.7±1.9	9.2±4.7	8.8±9.9	81.5±109.7	57.4±101.7	17±4.3
S. Homo-cysteine (μmol/L) 𝑁=38	85.5±33.4	68±68	49.2±48.0	48.8±27.0	—	33±1.41	73.6±36.8
S. LDH (IU/L)	604.8±618.2	278.2±102.7	368.4±112.1	194.3±98	256.2±87.4	401.5±101.4	473.98±764.8

MA: megaloblastic anemia; AA: aplastic anemia; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase.