Table 3: Average hematological values for patients harboring various combinationsof the (αTSaudia) genotype along with values for wild type genotype (αα/αα) in the population of Bahrain

Genotype n Male/Female Hb (g/dL) RBC (x1012/L) MCV (fL) MCH (pg) MCHC (g/dL) HbA2 (%)
(αα/αα) 38 13/25 12.7* (1.4) 4.4 (0.6) 85.1 (4.6) 28.7 (2.0) 33.7 (1.3) 2.9 (0.2)
TSaudiα/αα) 28 17/11 12.0 (1.2) 5.0 (0.4) 74.3 (3.4) 24.1 (1.1) 32.4 (1.1) 2.5 (0.5)
(-α3.7TSaudiα) 52 24/28 10.8 (1.0) 5.3 (0.6) 64.1 (2.6) 20.2 (0.9) 31.6 (1.0) 2.6 (0.2)
(-α4.2TSaudiα) 12 4/8 10.6 (2.0) 5.2 (1.1) 63.2 (3.9) 20.1 (1.2) 31.8 (0.9) 2.6 (0.3)


*Values are means (ąSD)