Table 2. Patient characteristics at... | American Society of Hematology

Table 2.

Patient characteristics at entry into the study

Characteristic	No.
Number of patients; male:female	236; 124:112
Age, y, male:female
0 to 4	152; 79:73
5 to 9	66; 40:26
Older than 9	18; 5:13
Median age, mo	35
Hemoglobin level, g/L, mean±SD	78±11
Hematocrit level, proportion of 1, mean±SD	.252±.037
Reticulocyte count, proportion of 1, mean±SD	.118±.065
Patients characterized for fetal hemoglobin	131
Male, %, mean±SD, n = 74	10.1±5.8
Female, %, mean±SD, n = 57	11.9±5.8
Patients characterized for β^s haplotype	118
Homozygous Benin/Benin	108
Heterozygous or atypical	10
Patients characterized for α-globin gene status	117
αα/αα	62
αα/α-	48
α-/α-	7
Patients characterized for G6PD variant A	107
Male (patients with A^-)	89 (17)
Female (patients with A^-)	18 (8^*)

Characteristic	No.
Number of patients; male:female	236; 124:112
Age, y, male:female
0 to 4	152; 79:73
5 to 9	66; 40:26
Older than 9	18; 5:13
Median age, mo	35
Hemoglobin level, g/L, mean±SD	78±11
Hematocrit level, proportion of 1, mean±SD	.252±.037
Reticulocyte count, proportion of 1, mean±SD	.118±.065
Patients characterized for fetal hemoglobin	131
Male, %, mean±SD, n = 74	10.1±5.8
Female, %, mean±SD, n = 57	11.9±5.8
Patients characterized for β^s haplotype	118
Homozygous Benin/Benin	108
Heterozygous or atypical	10
Patients characterized for α-globin gene status	117
αα/αα	62
αα/α-	48
α-/α-	7
Patients characterized for G6PD variant A	107
Male (patients with A^-)	89 (17)
Female (patients with A^-)	18 (8^*)

One female patient was homozygous A^-/A^-