The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among African asylum seeking children residing in Tel Aviv

Table 2 Hematological characteristics among 26 African asylum seeking children where nutritional iron intake was calculated

	Age (yr)	Wt(k	Hgb	Hct	MCV	MCH	MCHC	Nutritional iron
1	2.4	14	11.3	31.4	75.2	27.1	36	5.5
2	3	16	11.7	32.8	74.8	26.7	35.6	7.05
3	1.75	12	7.1	21.9	53.6	17.4	32.4	7.05
4	1.1	10	11	32.4	63.5	21.5	33.9	9.75
5	2	16	11.6	33.3	75.6	26.4	34.9	9.3
6	5.4	21	11.9	33.4	80.7	28.7	35.6	3.1
7	0.83	9.1	10.8	31.4	69.7	24	34.4	5.0
8	1.33	10.1	10.3	29.6	73.8	25.7	34.8	6.8
9	1.4	11.5	8.8	27	57	18.6	32.6	2.95
10	1.15	10.1	11.3	32.7	68.8	23.8	34.6	6.65
11	0.9	10	11.2	32	74.5	26.1	35	7.65
12	7	29	12.7	36.5	81.4	28.3	34.8	8.25
13	3.7	15	12.1	34.3	80.3	28.3	35.3	10.1
14	2	11.5	12.3	35.2	73.7	25.7	34.9	13.6
15	0.75	10.1	11.6	33.4	71.9	24.9	34.7	4.47
16	2.8	13.4	11.8	33.8	73.9	25.8	34.9	15.7
17	10.8	37	9.3	28.2	74.3	24.5	33	13.95
18	3	14	10.5	29.6	76.5	27.1	35.5	4.52
19	11.15	33	11.6	33.5	82.8	28.7	34.7	13.8
20	3.5	14.5	12.4	35.8	76.6	26.6	34.7	12.77
21	1.4	13.6	10.4	31	67.6	27.7	33.5	9.07
22	1.9	12.2	10.2	29.4	74.9	26	34.7	6.97
23	3.5	13	11.3	32.1	74.9	26.3	35.2	9.02
24	1.1	9.8	12	34.8	7 7.7	26.8	34.5	9.05
25	1.8	16.5	10.9	31.7	81.2	27.9	34.3	6.95
26	1.4	12.5	6.8	19.8	74.4	25.6	34.4	8.4

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