Steady-state hemoglobin levels were measured on a total of = 41 patients with = 3 types of sickle cell disease. The = 3 types are HB SS, HB ST (HB S/-thalassemia), and HB SC. The resulting data are displayed in Table 12.3.

SS 7.2 7.7 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.8 10.1 10.3 ST 8.1 9.2 10.0 10.4 10.6 10.9 11.1 11.9 12.0 12.1 SC 10.7 11.3 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 12.0 12.1 12.3 12.6 12.6 13.3 13.3 13.8 13.9 Table 12.3: Hemoglobin levels of N = 41 patients with sickle cell disease