Foetal haemoglobin and disease severity in sickle cell anaemia patients in Kampala Uganda

BMC Hematology

Table 3 Correlation between some of the cinical characteristics and HbF levels

Variable	HbF Levels	p-value	Adjusted for age
	Pearson Coefficient		Pearson Coefficient	p-value
Age	*−0.299*	*0.000*	-	-
Age at diagnosis of SCA	0.047	0.245	*0.151*	*0.013*
Age at onset of dactylitis	−0.038	0.291	0.109	0.086
Number of hospitalisations since diagnosis	*−0.173*	*0.006*	*−0.135*	*0.024*
Number of transfusions since diagnosis	*−0.181*	*0.004*	*−0.144*	*0.018*
Number of intra-muscular injections received in past year	*−0.140*	*0.020*	−0.099	0.075
Number of hospitalizations in the past year	−0.068	0.161	−0.104	0.064
Number of blood transfusions in the past year	−0.038	0.291	−0.071	0.149
WBC Count	0.074	0.138	−0.023	0.367
Hb levels	−0.003	0.480	0.024	0.364
PLT levels	−0.105	0.061	−0.105	0.062

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