Table 2: Mean laboratory values of minority pediatric populations diagnosed with IBD.
|
Variable |
African American |
Asian |
Others |
|
|
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
p-value |
|
|
Age (years) |
13.43 (2.85) |
12.76 (3.39) |
13.19 (2.56) |
0.647 |
|
Age at diagnosis (years) |
12.30 (2.96) |
11.70 (3.96) |
12.63 (3.13) |
0.587 |
|
HCT (%) |
34.63 (4.36) |
35.77 (4.67) |
36.04 (4.89) |
0.308 |
|
Hgb (gm/dl) |
10.99 (1.78) |
11.73 (2.05) |
11.55 (1.97) |
0.324 |
|
CRP (mg/dl) |
15.28 (39.8) |
2.38 (2.54) |
3.28 (5.31) |
0.146 |
|
Albumin (gm/dl) |
3.82 (0.62) |
3.98 (0.52) |
4.01 (0.57) |
0.371 |