Table 1 General Demographic and Laboratory Characteristics of the Study Participants

 Male

76 (57.6)

42 (49.4)

0.240^a

30 (51.7)

7 (50)

8 (61.5)

0.690^a

 Female

56 (42.4)

43 (50.6)

28 (48.3)

7 (50)

5 (38.5)

Age, (months)

30 (48)

36 (55)

0.143^b

36 (64.5)

36 (32.3)

16 (27)

0.660^c

 HbAA, n (%)

90 (68.2)

58 (68.2)

 HbAS, n (%)

31 (23.5)

14 (16.5)

0.743^a

 HbSS, n (%)

11 (8.3)

13 (15.3)

 Haemoglobin, gdL⁻¹

10.5 (2.3)

10.1 (3.1)

0.022^b

10.2 (2.2)

10.4 (1.6)

7.3 (1.3)

0.001^c

 Haematocrit, %

35.2 (6.8)

32.8 (9.0)

0.009^b

34.6 (8.3)

32.8 (6.0)

26.4 (4.4)

0.009^c

 RBC, (×  10¹² μL⁻¹)

4.8 (0.7)

4.6 (1.3)

0.045^b

4.6 (1.0)

4.8 (1.5)

3.2 (1.7)

0.048^c

 RDW, %

11.7 (3.0)

11.6 (2.8)

0.703^b

11.3 (2.2)

11.5 (2.6)

14.9 (3.3)

0.030^c

 MCV, fL

76.3 (11.4)

75.2 (10.9)

0.349^b

75.2 (9.9)

74.1 (11.8)

79.5 (15.9)

0.415^c

 MCH, fL/cell

22.7 (4.3)

22.5 (3.7)

0.744^b

22.1 (3.7)

22.6 (4.0)

23.1 (3.5)

0.724^c

 MCHC, gdL⁻¹

29.6 (3.7)

29.8 (3.0)

0.479^b

29.7 (2.5)

30.9 (1.7)

27.7 (4.1)

0.054^c

 WBC (× 10³ μL⁻¹)

8.5 (6.0)

8.6 (5.2)

0.746^b

7.8 (4.8)

9.58 (5.2)

12.68 (4.6)

0.078^c

 Lymphocytes, (×10³ μL⁻¹)

44.1 (25.3)

38 (66.9)

0.103^b

36.55 (27.2)

37 (36.2)

50.9 (29.1)

0.596^c

 Monocytes, (×10³ μL⁻¹)

9.3 (4.4)

11.2 (7.2)

0.084^b

11.2 (7.4)

12 (7.8)

8.1 (6.1)

0.282^c

 Granulocytes, (×10³ μL⁻¹)

46.1 (26.3)

50.0 (25.8)

0.354^b

51.4 (27.2)

48.9 (27.5)

39 (28.2)

0.494^c

 Platelet Counts, (×10³ μL⁻¹)

278.0 (112.8)

236 (129.5)

0.001^b

220 (1127)

233 (129)

236(140)

0.399^c

 MPV, fL

5.5 (0.5)

5.40 (0.6)

0.119^b

5.4 (0.6)

5.3 (0.9)

5.2 (0.8)

0.990^c

 PCT, %

0.2 (0.1)

0.13 (0.1)

0.001^b

0.13 (0.1)

0.14 (0.1)

0.12 (0.1)

0.772^c

 PDW, %

9.4 (1.5)

9.5 (1.5)

0.629^b

9.6 (1.4)

9.5 (2.0)

9.5 (0.40)

0.951^c