Fig 1.
Flow chart of study participants.
Table 1.
Comparison of the socio-demographic, haematological and biochemical characteristics of CKD patients and controls.
Table 2.
Iron status in the study participants.
Table 3.
Correlation of reticulocyte haemoglobin content and percentage hypochromic red cells with other haematological parameters among CKD participants and healthy controls.
Table 4.
Predictive ability of reticulocyte haemoglobin content and percentage hypochromic red cells using TSAT and ferritin as reference parameters among chronic kidney disease participants and healthy controls.
Table 5.
Relationship between reticulocyte haemoglobin content, percentage hypochromic red cells and iron deficiency anaemia among chronic kidney disease participants.
Fig 2.
Comparison of the receiver operator characteristics (ROC) of reticulocyte haemoglobin content (CHr) and percentage hypochromic red cells.
Table 6.
Performance of reticulocyte haemoglobin content and percentage hypochromic red cells in the diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia in chronic kidney disease participants.