Incidence of congenital hemolytic anemias in young cholelithiasis patients

Table 3 Distribution of patients according to categorical variables n (%)

	Diagnosis		Total	P
	Normal	Suspected
BMI (kg/m2)
< 25	12 (80.0)	3 (20.0)	15	0.267
25-30	17 (89.5)	2 (10.5)	19
> 30	8 (61.5)	5 (38.5)	13
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
< 12	9 (69.2)	4 (30.8)	13	0.425
≥ 12	32 (80.0)	8 (20.0)	40
Gender
Female	37 (77.1)	11 (22.9)	48	0.883
Male	4 (80.0)	1 (20.0)	5
MCV (μm3)
< 82	12 (57.1)	9 (42.9)	21	0.007
≥ 82	29 (90.6)	3 (9.4)	32
No. of gallstones
Only one	2 (33.3)	4 (66.7)	6	0.004
2-5	4 (66.7)	2 (33.3)	6
Multiple	35 (85.4)	6 (14.6)	41
Total	41 (77.4)	12 (22.6)	53

MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; BMI: Body mass index.