Table 1

Characteristics of adult African-American participants in the CSSCD with SCA who completed PFT compared with those who did not

Adult SCA participants with PFT (n = 430)Adult SCA participants without PFT (n = 865)*P value
Demographic and clinical characteristics    
 Age at study entry (y) 27.4 ± 7.4 22.6 ± 9.8 <.001 
 Age at end of study (y) 36.0 ± 7.4 30.7 ± 9.3 <.001 
 Males (%) 41.2 45.2 .168 
 ACS rate (events/patient-y), total duration of study 0.07 ± 0.14 0.07 ± 0.29 .104 
 Pain rate (events/patient-y), total duration of study 0.98 ± 1.88 1.05 ± 2.07 .424 
 Asthma diagnosis (%) (n = 374) 4.5 4.5 1.00 
 History of chronic transfusion (%) 12.6 11.7 .645 
Laboratory characteristics    
 White blood cell count (109/L) (n = 426) 11.6 ± 2.5 12.0 ± 2.8 .027 
 Fetal hemoglobin (g/dL) (n = 416) 5.7 ± 4.1 6.1 ± 4.1 .123 
 Hemoglobin (g/dL) (n = 427) 8.6 ± 1.2 8.5 ± 1.3 .258 
 Platelet count (109/L) (n = 422) 419.9 ± 114.5 440.8 ± 126.6 .004 
 Hematocrit (%) (n = 428) 25.3 ± 3.7 24.9 ± 4.0 .100 
 History of renal insufficiency (%) 3.7 3.9 .854 
 Bilirubin (mg/dL) (n = 427) 3.3 ± 2.0 3.6 ± 2.0 .025 
 Lactic dehydrogenase (mg/dL) (n = 417) 477.4 ± 174.0 496.5 ± 202.1 .101 
Adult SCA participants with PFT (n = 430)Adult SCA participants without PFT (n = 865)*P value
Demographic and clinical characteristics    
 Age at study entry (y) 27.4 ± 7.4 22.6 ± 9.8 <.001 
 Age at end of study (y) 36.0 ± 7.4 30.7 ± 9.3 <.001 
 Males (%) 41.2 45.2 .168 
 ACS rate (events/patient-y), total duration of study 0.07 ± 0.14 0.07 ± 0.29 .104 
 Pain rate (events/patient-y), total duration of study 0.98 ± 1.88 1.05 ± 2.07 .424 
 Asthma diagnosis (%) (n = 374) 4.5 4.5 1.00 
 History of chronic transfusion (%) 12.6 11.7 .645 
Laboratory characteristics    
 White blood cell count (109/L) (n = 426) 11.6 ± 2.5 12.0 ± 2.8 .027 
 Fetal hemoglobin (g/dL) (n = 416) 5.7 ± 4.1 6.1 ± 4.1 .123 
 Hemoglobin (g/dL) (n = 427) 8.6 ± 1.2 8.5 ± 1.3 .258 
 Platelet count (109/L) (n = 422) 419.9 ± 114.5 440.8 ± 126.6 .004 
 Hematocrit (%) (n = 428) 25.3 ± 3.7 24.9 ± 4.0 .100 
 History of renal insufficiency (%) 3.7 3.9 .854 
 Bilirubin (mg/dL) (n = 427) 3.3 ± 2.0 3.6 ± 2.0 .025 
 Lactic dehydrogenase (mg/dL) (n = 417) 477.4 ± 174.0 496.5 ± 202.1 .101 
*

Mean ± standard deviation.

The 865 subjects who did not have PFT performed were obtained from the initial 2598 without PFT measurement (Figure 1) after the exclusion criteria of race, other SCD type, and age <21 y were applied.

P value from Mann-Whitney U test.

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