Table 2 The types of anemia in age-specific subgroups by gender based on the mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration among anemic population (n = 3,899) in Khuzestan, Iran, from 2016 to 2019
Variables | Anemia type | P-value * | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normochromic Normocytic | Normochromic Microcytic | Hypochromic Microcytic | Others a | ||
Overall | 638 (16.36%) | 1,975 (50.65%) | 1,181 (30.29%) | 105 (2.69%) | Â |
Total | |||||
Age groups (years) |  |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
 20–34 | 155 (15.38%) | 530 (52.58%) | 296 (29.37%) | 27 (2.68%) | |
 35–49 | 255 (14.13%) | 962 (53.3%) | 552 (30.58%) | 36 (1.99%) | |
 50–65 | 227 (21.04%) | 481 (44.58%) | 331 (30.68%) | 40 (3.71%) | |
Gender |  |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
 Female | 526 (16.00%) | 1,724 (52.43%) | 956 (29.08%) | 82 (2.49%) | |
 Male | 112 (18.33%) | 251 (41.08%) | 225 (36.82%) | 23 (3.76%) | |
Female | |||||
 20–34 | 145 (16.13%) | 492 (54.73%) | 238 (26.47%) | 24 (2.67%) | 0.001 |
 35–49 | 227 (14.08%) | 874 (54.22%) | 477 (29.59%) | 34 (2.11%) | |
 50–65 | 153 (19.79%) | 357 (46.18%) | 240 (31.05%) | 23 (2.98%) | |
Male | |||||
 20–34 | 10 (9.17%) | 38 (34.86%) | 58 (53.21%) | 3 (2.75%) |  < 0.0001 |
 35–49 | 28 (14.51%) | 88 (45.6%) | 75 (38.86%) | 2 (1.04%) | |
 50–65 | 74 (24.18%) | 124 (40.52%) | 91 (29.74%) | 17 (5.56%) | |