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Objective:The study was planned to evaluate the clinical utility of microcytic anemia factor (MAF) and low hemoglobin density (LHD%) in the screening of iron deficiency in blood donors.Methods:A total of 400 blood donors, 200 male and 200 female, were randomly admitted to Fujian Blood Center from January1, 2022 to February 28, 2022 by the way of stratified sampling. According to the fourth edition of Diagnostic and therapeutic criteria for hematological diseases, the patients were divided into three groups: normal group (N=299), iron depletion group (ID, n=54) and iron deficient erythropoiesis group (IDE, n=47), Blood routine indexes including hemoglobin (HGB), mean corpuscular volume hemoglobin (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin content (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and iron metabolism indexes including serum ferritin (SF), serum iron (SI), total iron binding capacity (TIBC), transferrin saturation (TS) and unsaturated iron binding capacity (UIBC) were measured, MAF and LHD% were calculated by formula.One-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis H tests were used to analyze the differences among three groups. Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between MAF and LHD% and iron metabolism indexes.The Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluated the diagnostic value of MCH, MCHC, MAF and LHD% for iron deficiency in blood donors. Results:MAF in ID group which was 11.81±0.81 were higher than the IDE group which was 10.69±0.95 and lower than the healthy group which was 13.17±1.24, the total difference among the three groups was statistically significant ( F=110.784, P<0.001), the difference between two groups was statistically significant ( P<0.01); LHD% in ID group which was 2.61 (1.87, 3.91)% were lower than the IDE group which was5.60(2.99, 8.02)% and higher than the healthy group which was1.74 (1.22, 2.73)%, the total difference among the three groups was statistically significant ( H=62.166, P<0.001), the difference between two groups was statistically significant ( P<0.01).In 101 iron deficiency blood donors, Spearman correlation analysis showed that MAF was positively correlated with SF, SI and TS ( r=0.426, P<0.01; r=0.547, P<0.01; r=0.566, P<0.01);contrarily, LHD% was negatively correlated with SF, SI and TS ( r=-0.397, P<0.01; r=-0.400, P<0.01; r=-0.479, P<0.01).The areas under the ROC curve of MCH, MCHC, MAF and LHD% diagnostic ID were 0.745, 0.646, 0.819 and 0.646, respectively;the cut-off value of MAF was 12.56, with a sensitivity of 67.90% and a specificity of 83.30%.While the areas under the ROC curve of MCH, MCHC, MAF and LHD% diagnostic IDE were 0.901, 0.834, 0.941 and 0.834, respectively; the cut-off value of MAF was 11.73, with a sensitivity of 87.60% and a specificity of 87.20%. Conclusions:MAF performed a high diagnostic value of iron deficiency, especially IDE, and can be used as a marker in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in blood donors.
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Objective@#To explore the predictive values of routine blood test results for iron deficiency (ID) screening in children.@*Methods@#Routine blood test results and serum ferritin (SF) levels from 1 443 healthy children (862 boys, 581 girls) aged 6 months to 18 years, who were seen for well-child visits between June 2017 and May 2019 in Children′s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, were retrospectively analyzed. ID was defined as SF<20 μg/L, iron deficiency anemia (IDA) as ID with anemia (hemoglobin(Hb)<110 g/L at 6 months-5 years of age, Hb<120 g/L at 6-18 years of age), non-anemia ID as ID without anemia, non-ID anemia as SF≥20 μg/L with anemia, and healthy control subjects as those with SF≥20 μg/L but without anemia. The blood test results including Hb, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red blood cell distribution width (RDW), and the percentage of low hemoglobin density (LHD) of healthy control, non-anemia ID, non-ID anemia, and IDA groups were compared by analysis of variance (ANOVA) or non-parametric test, quantitative data were described as ±s or M(interquartile range), and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis was applied to assess predictive values of routine blood test results and LHD for detecting IDA and ID.@*Results@#Among 1 443 children with median age of 2.1(3.3) years, 1 061 children were in healthy control group, 292 in non-anemia ID group, 43 in non-ID anemia group and 47 in IDA group. The prevalence of ID was much higher than that of anemia (23.5% (339/1 443) vs. 6.2% (90/1 443) , χ2=169.76, P<0.01). Compared with control group, non-anemia ID group showed higher LHD (0.088 (0.093) vs.0.073 (0.068), P<0.01) and RDW (0.131±0.013 vs. 0.126±0.008, P<0.01), lower MCV ((80±4) vs. (83±4) fl, P<0.01) and MCHC values ((326±9) vs. (329±8) g/L, P<0.01). IDA group showed higher LHD (0.322(0.544)) and RDW (0.151±0.018), lower MCV ((73±6) fl) and MCHC values((309±14) g/L) than non-anemia ID group (all P<0.01). The area under curve (AUC) values of MCHC, LHD, RDW and MCV for detecting ID were 0.63 (95%CI: 0.60-0.67), 0.63 (95%CI:0.60-0.67), 0.67 (95%CI: 0.63-0.70) and 0.73 (95%CI: 0.69-0.76) respectively. With cutoff limits (MCV<80.2 fl, RDW>0.131 or MCHC<322 g/L), MCV, RDW and MCHC showed higher sensitivity for screening ID than hemoglobin (0.540, 0.469 and 0.336 vs. 0.139, χ2=121.70, 87.47, 35.56, all P<0.01).@*Conclusion@#MCV, RDW and MCHC can be used to screen ID in primary health care settings.
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Objective To investigate the low hemoglobin density (low haemoglobin density,LHD) and red blood cell volume distribution width (red blood cell volume distribution width,RDW) in iron deficiency anemia (iron-deficiency anemia,IDA)in children with the value of diagnosis and treatment.Methods From February 2016 to May 2017,in the Second People's Hospital of Longgang District in Shenzhen City,86 cases of children with iron deficiency anemia for IDA group,and 120 cases of healthy children (as the control group) at the same time were confirmed.Blood routine of children with IDA were detected before and after treatment hemoglobin concentration and the results were analyzed statistically.Results 120 cases of healthy children in the peripheral blood LHD value was 2.74 ％ ± 0.90 ％ and the boy was 3.07 ％ ± 0.81％,higher than that of 2.26 ％ ± 0.69 ％ of the girls.Between them,there was statistically significant difference (t=3.815,P＜0.05).The value of RDW was 12.37 ％ ± 2.84 ％,12.09 ％ ± 2.80 ％ for the boys and 12.56 ％ ± 2.87 ％ for the girls,there was no statistically significant difference between the them (t=0.517,P＞0.517).Before treatment,86 cases of children with IDA LHD and RDW values in peripheral blood were 30.67 ％ ± 20.12 ％ and 16.62 ％ ± 3.27 ％,significantly higher than the control group,the difference was statistically significant between (t=4.025 ～ 4.025,P＜0.05 ～ 0.01),and there was no statistically significant difference between male and female children (t =0.761 ～ 0.917,P＞ 0.05).After treatment L HD and RDW values were 10.65 ％ ± 8.92 ％ and 14.02 ％ ± 2.93 ％,significantlylower than before the treatment,between them was statistically significant difference (t=2.912～9.675,P＜0.05).Conclusion Children with iron deficiency anemia treatment before the LHD and RDW values significantly elevated in the blood,significantly decreased after treatment,the LHD and RDW values for diagnosis and treatment of children with iron deficiency anemia dynamic monitoring has certain application value,worthy of popularization and application.
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Objective To establishe the reference range of low hemoglobin density (LHD ％) of health population in Humen District of Guangdong,and discuss the clinical application value.Methods Randomly selected from January 2015 to September 2016 in Humen Hospital of Dongguan City physical examination of 1 650 cases of healthy people as control group,and selected the same period by the clinical diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia (iron-deficiency anemia,IDA) group,67 cases of patients with IDA Sysmex XT-1800i fully automatic blood analyzer were used respectively to detect blood routine,and then based on the average haemoglobin concentration (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration,MCHC),calculate the LHD％,and the calculation results were analyzed.Results The control healthy crowd LHD％ value was 2.41％ ± 0.85 ％,95％ reference range was 0.74 ％ ～4.08％,male was higher than the female,the difference was statistically significant (t =3.209,P＜0.05).IDA patients before treatment LHD％ was 30.97％ ± 18.65％,significantly higher than the control group,the difference was statistically significant (t=19.536,P＜ 0.01),and with the level of hemoglobin (Hb) showed a negative correlation (r=-0.4313).LHD％ values after treatment in patients with IDA group were significantly lower,but the recovery speed was slower than the Hb and MCHC.By ROC curve analysis,when the cut-off of LHD％ value was 4.10％,the LHD％ for IDA early diagnostic sensitivity of 96.78％,specificity of 100％.Conclusion Established the reference range of low hemoglobin density (LHD ％) of healthy population in Humen district of Guangdong,and LHD％ is IDA good indicator of early diagnosis and curative effect of dynamic monitoring.
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Objective To investigate the diagnostic value and clinical implications of low hemoglobin density(LHD%)in the pa-tients with cervical carcinoma complicating iron deficiency anemia(IDA).Methods The iron metabolism indexes and whole blood cell parameters were detected in 148 patients with cervical carcinomas.LHD% was calculated.The results were compared with that in the healthy group and the hysteromyoma complicating IDA group.Results LHD% was(63 ±30)% in the cervical carcinoma complicating IDA group and(32±15)% in the cervical carcinoma complicating iron deficient erythropoiesis(IDE)group,which were higher than(7±6)% in the healthy group,(22 ±21)% in the cervical carcinoma non-iron deficiency group and(16 ±10)% in the cervical carcinoma non-anemia group(P 0.05 ).Conclusion The new RBC parameter LHD% has the reference value in the diagnosis of cervical carcinoma complicating IDA.The LHD% increase may prompt cervical carcinoma com-plicating IDA.