Research Article
Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia Are Common Epidemiological Conditions in Saudi Arabia: Report of the National Epidemiological Survey
Table 1
Responses to the survey questionnaire (n = 981).
| | Inquiry | Female (507) n (%) | Male (474) n (%) | Total (981) n (%) | value |
| | Do you suffer from any type of anemia? | | | | | | Yes | 73 (14.4%) | 36 (7.6%) | 109 (11.1%) | 0.001 | | G6PD | 1 (20%) | 4 (80%) | 5 (4.6%) | | Iron deficiency/IDA | 33 (89.2%) | 4 (10.8%) | 37 (33.9%) | | Anemia | 8 (88.9%) | 1 (11.1%) | 9 (8.3%) | | Sickle cell | 2 (50.0%) | 2 (50.0%) | 4 (3.7%) | | Sickle cell trait | - | 2 (100%) | 2 (1.8%) | | Thalassemia | 1 (100%) | - | 1 (0.9%) | | Spherocytosis | 1 (100%) | - | 1 (0.9%) | | Type unknown | 27 (54.0%) | 23 (46.0%) | 50 (45.9%) |
| | Do any of your family members have thalassemia or sickle cell disease? | | | | | | Yes | 49 (9.7%) | 72 (15.2%) | 121 (12.3%) | 0.009 |
| | Do you have history of parental consanguinity? | | | | | | Yes | 128 (25.2%) | 171 (36.1%) | 299 (30.5%) | 0.1 |
| | Have you ever been diagnosed with any bleeding disorders in the past? | | | | | | Yes | 37 (7.3%) | 31 (6.5%) | 68 (6.9%) | 0.706 | | Hemophilia | 2 (100.0%) | - | 2 (2.9%) | | Platelet deficiency | 1 (100.0%) | - | 1 (1.5%) | | Don’t exactly know the diagnosis | 7 (46.7%) | 8 (53.3%) | 15 (22.1%) |
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