Research Article
Cormic Index Profile of Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia in Lagos, Nigeria
Table 1
Mean Cormic Index distribution of study subjects according to age and gender.
| | Variable | SS | AA | -value | value | | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| | Age group | | | | | | ≤2 yrs | | | | | | Males | 60.3 (2.6) | 60.1 (1.8) | | 0.822 | | Females | 59.5 (2.8) | 60.8 (2.6) | 1.192 | 0.245 | | Males and females | 59.9 (2.7) | 60.5 (2.2) | 0.783 | 0.437 | | 2 yrs–5 yrs | | | | | | Males | 54.5 (2.3) | 56.6 (3.3) | 1.914 | 0.068 | | Females | 55.0 (2.3) | 54.8 (1.5) | | 0.792 | | Males and females | 54.7 (2.2) | 55.7 (2.7) | 1.408 | 0.165 | | 5 yrs–10 yrs | | | | | | Males | 52.1 (5.6) | 51.5 (1.2) | | 0.704 | | Females | 51.4 (1.6) | 51.6 (2.2) | 0.337 | 0.739 | | Males and females | 51.8 (4.0) | 51.6 (1.7) | | 0.836 | | 10 yrs–15 yrs | | | | | | Males | 50.4 (3.6) | 51.1 (3.5) | 0.475 | 0.640 | | Females | 48.1 (2.2) | 51.5 (2.9) | 3.181 | 0.004 | | Males and females | 49.3 (3.1) | 51.3 (3.2) | 2.213 | 0.032 | | Socioeconomic strata | | | | | | Upper | 55.15 (5.15) | 55.02 (4.89) | 0.128 | 0.899 | | Other | 53.10 (4.70) | 54.57 (4.18) | 1.612 | 0.110 |
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SD: standard deviation.
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