Research Article
Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins in Sickle Cell Disease Patients in the Northern West Bank, Palestine
Table 1
General characteristics of study participants.
| | Characteristics | Total () | Hb variant | Control () | value | | SS () | ST () | AS () |
| | Age (years) () | 311 | | | | | <0.005 | | Age group (years), (%) | 311 | | | | | | | Children (≤13.9) | 52 (16.7) | 17 (27.4) | 18 (33.3) | 2 (5.7) | 15 (9.4) | | | Adults (≥14) | 259 (83.3) | 45 (72.6) | 36 (66.7) | 33 (94.3) | 145 (90.6) | | | Gender, (%) | 311 | | | | | <0.157 | | Females | 138 (44.4) | 32 (51.6) | 21 (38.9) | 14 (40) | 71 (44.4) | | | Males | 173 (55.6) | 30 (48.4) | 33 (61.1) | 21 (60) | 89 (55.6) | | | BMI (kg/m2) | 311 | | | | | <0.001 | | BMI percentile | | | | | | <0.001 | | Underweight (<5th) | 14 (4.5) | 9 (14.5) | 3 (5.6) | 0 | 2 (1.25) | | | Normal weight (5th-84th) | 297 (95.5) | 53 (85.5) | 51 (94.4) | 34 (97.1) | 158 (98.75) | | | Overweight (≥85th) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.9) | 0 | |
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One-way ANOVA/compared means and Sig: A: SSXST; : SSXAS; C: SSXCC; D: ASXST; E: ASXCC; F: STXCC. : <0.05; : <0.01; : <0.001. |
