Group Age (Years) Male Female Weight HbS (SS) (n=35) 23.94±5.87 11 24 53.49±8.79 HbS (VOC) (n=35) 24.63±6.63 12 23 50.57±6.99 Control (C) (n=31) 25.55±5.33 21 10 58.19±7.55

Table 1: Shows the mean age, sex and weight of the study groups.