Clinical Study
Hematological Indices for Differential Diagnosis of Beta Thalassemia Trait and Iron Deficiency Anemia
Table 3
Results obtained from each discrimination index and correctly identified number of the children.
| | Indices (cutoffs) | β-TT (: 154) | IDA (: 136) | Total number of correctly diagnosed children | Correctly diagnosed (%) |
| | Mentzer | | | | | | β-TT < 13 | 152 | 24 | 264 (152 + 112 ) | 91 | | IDA > 13 | 2 | 112 | | | | RBC count (×/L) | | | | | | β-TT > 5 | 146 | 40 | 242 (146 + 96 ) | 83.4 | | IDA < 5 | 8 | 96 | | | | RDWI | | | | | | β-TT < 220 | 128 | 32 | 232 (128 + 104 ) | 80 | | IDA > 220 | 26 | 104 | | | | Shine and Lal | | | | | | β-TT < 1530 | 154 | 122 | 168 (154 + 14 ) | 57.9 | | IDA > 1530 | 0 | 14 | | | | Srivastava | | | | | | β-TT < 3.8 | 132 | 38 | 230 (132 + 98 ) | 79.3 | | IDA > 3.8 | 22 | 98 | | | | Green and King | | | | | | β-TT < 65 | 128 | 36 | 228 (128 + 100) | 78.6 | | IDA > 65 | 26 | 100 | | | | Sirdah | | | | | | β-TT < 27 | 132 | 28 | 240 (132 + 108) | 82.7 | | IDA > 27 | 22 | 108 | | | | Ehsani | | | | | | β-TT < 15 | 146 | 36 | 246 (146 + 100) | 84.8 | | IDA > 15 | 8 | 100 | | | | England and Fraser | | | | | | β-TT < 0 | 102 | 20 | 218 (102 + 116) | 75 | | IDA > 0 | 52 | 116 | | | | Ricerca | | | | | | β-TT < 4.4 | 154 | 116 | 174 (154 + 20) | 60 | | IDA > 4.4 | 0 | 20 | | | | MDHL | | | | | | β-TT > 1.63 | 118 | 36 | 198 (118 + 80) |
68.2 | | IDA < 1.63 | 36 | 80 | | | | MCHD | | | | | | β-TT > 0.3045 | 120 | 98 | 158 (120 + 38) | 54.4 | | IDA < 0.3045 | 34 | 38 | | |
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