Assessment of clinical signs of anaemia (n = 335)
| Conjunctiva | Mucosa | Nail bed | Palms | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ref Hb scores (g/dl) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Total score |
| Scores: 2, definitely anaemic; 1, probably anaemic; 0, not anaemic. | |||||||||||||
| Ref Hb, reference haemoglobin. | |||||||||||||
| 12 or more | 2 | 24 | 130 | 3 | 23 | 130 | 4 | 9 | 143 | 3 | 9 | 144 | 26 |
| 10 to <12 | 5 | 18 | 51 | 1 | 18 | 55 | 2 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 67 | 23 |
| 8 to <10 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 42 |
| 6 to <8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| <8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| <6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |