Hydroxyurea Therapy Mobilises Arachidonic Acid from Inner Cell Membrane Aminophospholipids in Patients with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of the HU-treated and untreated HbSS patients and healthy (HbAA) subjects.

Characteristics	HU-treated HbSS	HU-untreated HbSS	Healthy control (HbAA)
Number of subjects	19	17	20
Gender (Male/Female)	8/11	7/10	9/11
Age ± SD (year)	14.5 ± 4.3	14.5 ± 6.1	9.7 ± 6.7
Weight ± SD (kg)	36 ± 7.1	31.5 ± 11.8	36.1 ± 14.6
Height ± SD (cm)	146.9 ± 15.3	127.8 ± 25.5	146.3 ± 15.0