Clinical Study
Serum Iron Status of Under-Five Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia in Lagos, Nigeria
Table 4
Serum ferritin and transferrin in subjects with sickle cell anaemia according to past history of blood transfusion.
| Variable |
Past history of blood transfusion | Total | value | Yes | No |
| Serum iron (µg/dL) | | | | 0.519+ | <25 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) | 3 (100.0) | | ≥25 | 33 (35.1) | 61 (64.9) | 94 (100.0) | | Total | 33 (34.0) | 64 (66.0) | 97 | |
| Transferrin saturation (%) | | | | 0.613 | <16 | 6 (28.6) | 15 (71.4) | 21 (100.0) | | ≥16 | 27 (35.6) | 49 (64.4) | 76 (100.0) | | Total | 33 (34.0) | 64 (66.0) | 97 | |
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Values in parenthesis are % of column total.
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