Fig 1.
Flow diagram showing investigation protocol.
Table 1.
Degree of anaemia and microcytosis in study population.
Table 2.
Body iron status among females with anaemia.
Table 3.
Frequency of haemoglobinopathy among women with anaemia and/or low MCV.
Fig 2.
Interactions between iron deficiency and haemoglobinopathies among females with (A) anaemia and (B) low MCV without anaemia. Area of each circle represent the relative contribution of each aetiology for anaemia and low MCV without anaemia.
Fig 3.
Distribution of (A) haemoglobin level, (B) MCV and (C) MCH in different heterozygous thalassaemia states. Each box plot shows interquartile range, middle horizontal bar shows respective median and error bars show range; outliers are marked in circles.
Table 4.
Birth outcome of off springs of different heterozygous thalassaemia conditions.