Haematological findings
| III.3 | III.2 | II.5 | II.2 | II.1 | Normal values | ||||||
| Sex | M | M | F | M | M | ||||||
| Age (y) | 50 | 52 | 74 | 63 | 78 | ||||||
| Genetic status | A | A | OC | A | A | ||||||
| Packed cell volume (%) | 42 | 36 | 41 | 29 | 0.39–0.50 | ||||||
| MCV (fl) | 77 | 84 | 93 | 74 | 83 | 78–98 | |||||
| FEP (μmol /litre) | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.4–1.7 | |||||||
| Ferritin (μg /l) | 125 | 95 | 135 | 38 | 14–200 | ||||||
| Iron (μmol /l) | 30 | 20 | 19 | 14–33 | |||||||
| Ring sideroblasts | yes | ||||||||||
| Hb (g/dl) | 14.3 | 12.1 | 13.1δ | 13.5 | 10.2 | 13–17 | |||||
| TIBC (μmol /l) | 67 | 39 | 63 | 45–75 | |||||||
| Blood film | Hypochromic red cells | Anisocytosis | Pappenheimer bodies | ||||||||
| Pappenheimer bodies | Poikilocytosis | ||||||||||
| Target cells | |||||||||||
| Howell-Jolly bodies | |||||||||||
| Pappenheimer bodies | |||||||||||
A=Affected; OC=obligate carrier; MCV=mean corpuscular volume; FEP=free erythrocyte protoporphyrin concentration; Hb=haemoglobin concentration; δ Female Hb range=11.5–16.0