Table 1.

Demographic Variables and Mean Indicators of Nutritional Status, Hematologic Measurements, and Acute Phase Proteins as a Function of Hemoglobin Genotype

	HbSS/HbSβ° Genotypes	HbSC Genotype
	Subgroup	Subgroup
Variable/Indicator	n=63	n=27
Boys: Girls	34:29	16:11
Age, years	8.28 ± 0.53^a	6.46 ± 0.86^b
Weight percentile	33.75 ± 3.70^b	63.41 ± 6.87^a
Weight Z-score	–0.52 ± 0.14^b	0.45 ± 0.10^a
Height percentile	38.05 ± 4.17^b	68.73 ± 6.75^a
Height Z-score	–0.37 ± 0.15^b	0.92 ± 0.24^a
White blood cells × 10⁶/mL	12.38 ± 0.68^a	9.49 ± 0.78^b
Hemoglobin, g/dL	8.27 ± 0.18^b	11.11 ± 0.26^a
Hematocrit, %	26.22 ± 0.60^b	32.39 ± 0.49^a
Albumin, g/L	41.54 ± 0.98	38.99 ± 1.45
Prealbumin, mg/L	133.73 ± 7.16^b	160.72 ± 12.65^a
Transferrin, g/L	2.36 ± 0.07	2.52 ± 0.13
Retinol binding protein, mg/L	18.70 ± 0.95^b	25.82 ± 1.93^a
α_1-acid-glycoprotein, g/L	0.66 ± 0.03	0.73 ± 0.04
C-reactive protein, mg/L	5.87 ± 1.52	2.35 ± 1.01
Ceruloplasmin, mg/L	495.50 ± 18.35	478.00 ± 29.00

Notes: Data are presented as means ± standard error of the mean. For each measurement, means of both groups with different superscript letters are statistically different: a>b; P<0.05.