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Table 1 Gender, age and background information of participants

From: Haematological values in homozygous sickle cell disease in steady state and haemoglobin phenotypes AA controls in Lagos, Nigeria

Parameters

Cases

Controls

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

Frequency

46(44.66%)

57(55.33%)

30(30.61%)

68(69.38%)

Mean age ± SD

22.62 ± 6.93

24.72 ± 8.37

28.74 ± 9.47

31.18 ± 10.49

Overall Mean age ± SD

23.79 ± 7.81

30.43 ± 10.19

  
 

Frequency

Percent

  

Bone pain crises

Yes

94

91.2

  

No

9

8.73

  

Total

103

100

  

Cigarette smoking

Yes

1

0.97

  

No

102

99.03

  

Total

103

100

  

Alcohol intake

Yes

11

10.67

  

No

92

89.32

  

Total

103

100