Table 1 Patient demographics, hematological and clinical profiles, medication use, and CMR T2 star (*) parameters
Patient demographics | |
Total number of patients | 30 |
Age (years) | 37.5 ± 14.8 |
Height (cm) | 163 ± 0.1 |
Weight (Kg) | 60.3 ± 9.1 |
Haematological profile | |
Serum ferritin (mg/L) | 2787.9 ± 1857 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 8.89 ± 1.57 |
Clinical profile n (%) | |
Cerebrovascular accident | 7 (23.3%) |
Perimaleolar ulcers | 1 (3.3%) |
Osseous infarcts | 2 (6.6%) |
Medication use n (%) | |
Folic Acid | 4 (13.3%) |
Hidroxyurea | 4 (13.3%) |
Deferoxamine | 2 (6.6%) |
Deferasirox | 4 (13.3%) |
CMR T2* parameters | |
Cardiac T2* (ms) | 37.6 ± 7.1 |
Liver T2* (ms) | 4.48 ± 4.39 |
Liver Iron Concentration (mg/g) | 11.83 ± 9.66 |