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Table 2 General characteristics of the study population (n = 4152)

From: A new diagnostic work-up for defining anemia etiologies: a cohort study in patients ≥ 50 years in general practices

 

Median (interquartile ranges) / count (%)

Missing, counts (%)

Age (per year)

75 (64–83)

 

Male sex

2036 (49%)

 

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

 

-Male

12.9 (12.1–13.4)

 

-Female

11.4 (10.6–11.8)

 

Reticulocytes (%)

1.0 (0.8–1.4)

16 (0.4)

Leukocyte count (109/L)

7.1 (5.7–9.0)

20 (0.5)

Thrombocyte count (109/L)

269 (216–344)

28 (0.7)

LDH (E/L)

306 (221–372)

11 (0.3)

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

> 60 (54 - > 60)

812 (19.6)

Ferritin (μg/L)

 

7 (0.2)

-Male

157 (60–321)

 

-Female

81 (21–207)

 

Transferrin (g/L)

2.38 (2.06–2.82)

10 (0.2)

Serum iron (μmol/L)

 

10 (0.2)

-Male

11.2 (6.5–15.6)

 

-Female

8.8 (4.9–12.5)

 

Vitamin B12 (pmol/L)

288 (209–430)

26 (0.6)

Folic acid (nmol/L)

16 (11–25)

38 (0.9)

Uncertain anemia etiology

819 (20)

 

Single anemia etiology

2430 (59)

 

Multiple anemia etiologies

903 (22)

 

-Two

- 811 (90)

 

-Three

- 88 (10)

 

-Four

- 4 (0.4)