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Demographic and clinical characteristics of Turkish pediatric patients with and without anemia.
Variables Patients with anemia Patients without anemia P-value Number of patients 98 102 Age (years) (mean±SD) 15.4±1.9 11.5±2.5 0.000 Gender (female/male) (n) 88/10 51/51 0.000 Ferritin, µg/ml (mean±SD) 6.01±3.4 36.9±19.4 0.000 Presence of RLS n (%) 60 (61.2) 38 (37.3) 0.001 SD - standard deviation, n - number of patients, RLS - Restless Leg Syndrome - Table 2
Presence of RLS in Turkish pediatric patients with ferritin levels above and below 50 ng/dl.
Variables Presence of RLS/WED Absence of RLS/WED Total P-value n (%) Patients with ferritin levels more than 50ng/mL 2 (7.7) 24 (92.3) 26 (11.6) 0.000 Patients with ferritin levels less than 50ng/mL 96 (55.2) 78 (44.8) 174 (89.4) RLS - Restless Leg Syndrome, WED - Willis-Ekbom Disease - Table 3
Multivariate logistic regression analysis of potential risk factors for presence of RLS among Turkish pediatric patients.
Variable OR 95% CI P-value Age (years) 0.98 0.87-1.1 0.78 Gender 0.85 0.39-1.82 0.68 Ferritin (ng/ml) 0.95 0.93-0.97 0.000 OR - odds ratio, CI - confidence interval, RLS - Restless Leg Syndrome