| Mean age at initial diagnosis of ITP |
Female patients
(n=156) |
Male patients
(n=69) |
| 45.2 ± 24.7 years (range, 18-82) |
47.8 ± 21.4 years (range, 15-71) |
| Presentation of ITP: |
| Thrombocytopenia revealed by routine full blood count |
82 (52.5%) |
35 (50.7%) |
| Thrombocytopenia revealed by a bleeding diathesis |
74 (47.5%) |
34 (49.3%) |
| Mean bleeding score from Khellaf et al. [11] |
13 ±6.3*(range, 3-32) |
8.4 ± 4.1*(range, 3-17) |
| Mean platelet count |
44.5 ± 19 × 109/l (range, 1-131) |
38.4 ± 14 × 109/l (range, 1-118) |
| Presence of a potential life-threatening platelet count (platelet count <10 × 109/l) |
28 (17.9%) |
11 (15.9%) |
| Mean hemoglobin level |
12 g/dl(range, 8.2-13.6) |
12.6 g/dl
(range, 9.1-14.7) |
| Presence of anemia (hemoglobin level <12 g/dl) |
11 (7%)* |
3 (4.3%)* |
| Detection of antinuclear antibodies and/or antiphospholipid antibodies (n=140) |
22 (64.7%)* |
12 (35.3%)* |
| *: statistically significant difference. |
