Quality of Life and Related Paraclinical Factors in Iranian Patients with Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia

Table 5

Quality of life scores classified by laboratory findings.

		Physical	Psychological	Social	Environment
Ferritin	>2500	10.83 ± 1.34	13.30 ± 1.81	10.73 ± 2.44	13.23 ± 2.99
	<2500	12.46 ± 2.02	13.55 ± 2.34	13.36 ± 2.91	13.52 ± 3.60
	value	0.001	0.655	0.001	0.738
FBS	>126	11.72 ± 2.08	12.72 ± 2.62	12.24 ± 2.66	12.68 ± 4.04
	<126	12.26 ± 1.96	13.84 ± 1.95	13.00 ± 3.14	13.81 ± 3.14
	value	0.223	0.024	0.258	0.145
ALT	>56	11.6 ± 1.33	13.14 ± 1.73	12.35 ± 2.58	13.28 ± 3.17
	<56	12.59 ± 2.50	13.90 ± 2.66	13.25 ± 3.40	13.67 ± 3.80
	value	0.026	0.099	0.149	0.587
AST	>40	11.34 ± 1.78	12.51 ± 1.77	11.71 ± 2.70	12.21 ± 3.29
	<40	12.59 ± 2.00	14.14 ± 2.28	13.46 ± 3.02	14.28 ± 3.35
	value	0.003	0.001	0.005	0.004
Z score	>−1	12.18 ± 1.97	13.56 ± 2.32	13.05 ± 2.95	13.69 ± 3.54
	<−1	11.80 ± 2.11	13.23 ± 1.89	11.78 ± 3.06	12.66 ± 3.11
	value	0.446	0.552	0.089	0.234