Frequency, types, and treatment of anemia in Turkish patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Table 3 Prevalence of anemia and hematological profile at the time of diagnosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease n (%)

	IBD overall	Crohn’s disease	Ulcerative colitis	P value
Anemia	240 (51.6)	148 (57.6)	92 (44.2)	0.005
Severe anemia	64 (16.4)	47 (21.6)	17 (9.8)	0.002
Hemoglobin (g/dL) mean (SD; range)	12.3 (2.1; 5.3-17.9)	12.1 (2.2; 5.3-16.8)	12.5 (1.9; 7.1-17.9)	0.03
Hematocrit (%) mean (SD; range)	37.41 (6.1; 10-53)	36.8 (6.6; 10-52)	38.16 (5.3; 22-53)	0.02
MCV (fL) mean (SD; range)	84.54 (7.7; 57-112)	84.75 (8.3; 58-112)	84.28 (7; 57-100)	0.46
Iron (μg/dL) mean (SD; range)	43.76 (30.3; 4-160)	43.26 (30.4; 4-126)	44.5 (30; 4-160)	0.73
Ferritin (μg/dL) mean (SD; range)	40.3 (74; 2-754)	48.96 (91; 2-754)	27.26 (37; 2-167)	0.01
TS (%) mean (SD; range)	15.35 (13; 2-100)	15.14 (12.7; 2-100)	15.67 (12; 2-92)	0.9
CRP (mg/L) mean (SD; range)	13 (29; 1-289)	17.1 (32.8; 0-289)	7.9 (7.93; 1-242)	0.001
Albumin mean (SD; range)	4.2 (0.4; 1.9-5.0)	4.1 (0.4; 1.9-4.9)	4.1 (0.4; 2.0-5.0)	0.17

MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; TS: Transferrin saturation; CRP: C reactive protein.