Table 1: Sex - wise haematological data of Haemoglobin E trait and control samples.

Parameters Haemoglobin E trait (n = 25) Normal Controls (n = 25)

Female (n = 15)

 

Male (n = 10)

p

Female (n = 15)

Male (n = 10)

p

Hb A

68.1 ± 6.7

67.5 ± 6.0

> 0.429

97.4 ± 0.5

97.4 ± 0.5

0.647

Hb E

27.0 ± 3.6

27.7 ± 3.7

> 0.626

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

> 0.000

Hb A2

2.8 ± 3.1

2.3 ± 3.3

> 0.421

2.5 ± 0.6

2.5 ± 0.5

> 0.810

Hb F

0.1 ± 0.6

0.4 ± 1.5

> 0.224

0.03 ± 0.2

0.01 ± 0.06

> 0.583

RCC

4.90 ± 0.9

5.0 ± 1.0

> 0.322

4.50 ± 0.4

4.7 ± 0.5

> 0.050

Hb

12.3 ± 1.9

12.5 ± 2.8

> 0.049

12.7 ± 1.0

13.3 ± 1.8

> 0.261

MCV

77.4 ± 8.8

75.3 ± 6.7

> 0.960

84.5 ± 4.9

84.8 ± 6.7

> 0.822

MCH

25.3 ± 4.1

24.8 ± 2.7

> 0.735

28.0 ± 1.3

28.2 ± 2.1

> 0.605

MCHC

32.7 ± 2.4

33.0 ± 1.7

> 0.492

32.8 ± 1.1

33.0 ± 1.1

> 0.452

RDW

14.2 ± 1.4

14.7 ± 3.2

> 0.981

13.8 ± 0.6

13.8 ± 1.4

> 0.962