Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
April 2008
Objective: To establish a method for rapid differential diagnosis of thalassemia trait (TT) and iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) using stepwise regression analysis.
Methods: Stepwise regression equation was established for differential diagnosis of TT and IDA according to the red cell index, and the accuracy of the differential diagnosis was evaluated using blind analysis.
Results: The accuracy of this equation for differential diagnosis of TT and IDA was 86.