Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia Are Common Epidemiological Conditions in Saudi Arabia: Report of the National Epidemiological Survey
Table 2
Age and hematological profile of the students at the interview.
Variable
n
Female (n = 507)
n
Male (n = 474)
value
Median
(Min–Max)
Median
(Min–Max)
Age (years)
257
19.5
(17.3–25.8)
301
18.9
(16.3–38.9)
0.349
Hb (g/dL)
501
12.6
(6.8–17.0)
468
15.1
(8.7–17.7)
0.001
Ferritin (ng/mL)
502
20.5
(1.6–393.0)
466
90.0
(4.6–543.0)
0.001
HCT (%)
500
40.0
(4.3–56.3)
468
46.0
(29.8–57.4)
0.001
MCV (fL)
501
86.0
(9.4–108.5)
468
85.2
(10.0–111.8)
0.555
Plts (109/L)
490
236.0
(104–592)
455
230.0
(102–501)
0.001
MPV (fL)
499
10.0
(7.1–14.9)
467
9.3
(6.6–14.2)
0.001
HbA (%)
455
97.5
(55.5–98.7)
401
97.3
(53.9–99.2)
0.001
HbA2 (%)
457
2.5
(0.7–5.7)
402
2.6
(0.8–5.5)
0.001
HbF (%)
66
0.7
(0.2–28.9)
26
0.7
(0.1–7.1)
0.751
HbS (%)
25
35.6
(16.6–71.7)
18
34.8
(16.7–91.3)
0.941
Hb: hemoglobin; Hct: hematocrit; MCV : mean corpuscular volume; Plts: platelets; MPV : mean platelet volume; HbA: hemoglobin A; HbF: fetal hemoglobin; and HbS : an abnormal type of hemoglobin inherited from parents. None of the data conformed to the normality assumption.
