Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics
Characteristic | N = 156 |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male, N (%) | 79(50.64) |
Female, N (%) | 77(49.36) |
Age (yrs.), mean ± SD | 12.69 ± 6.83 |
Number of annual vaso–occlusive crises, mean ± SD | 2.13 ± 2.94 |
Use of opioid analgesic, N (%) | 118(75.64) |
Hemoglobin (g/L), mean ± SD | 85.62 ± 16.52 |
Hematocrit (%), mean ± SD | 26.05 ± 6.30 |
Platelet count per microliter (mcL), mean ± SD | 383.13 ± 192.27 |
Reticulocyte counts (%) | 10.31 ± 12.87 |