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Table 3 Diagnostic performance of red cell indices in the prediction of iron deficiency at early pregnancy

From: The role of haematological indices in predicting early iron deficiency among pregnant women in an urban area of Sri Lanka

Red cell Indices

Area under the ROC curve

p value

Optimal cut-off

Sensitivity(%)

Specificity (%)

Hb (g/dL)

0.625

0.062

12.2

74.1

50.8

MCV (fl)

0.631

0.05

83.2

74.1

57.1

MCH (pg)

0.642

0.034

26.9

88.9

41.3

MCHC (g/dl)

0.659

0.017

33.2

74.6

51.9

  1. Abbreviations:% percentage, Hb haemoglobin, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration