Authors : Rasha Adil Saeed, Inaam Aboud Hussain and Suhail Najm Abbood
Abstract: There are numerous and different reason for the causes, symptoms, consequences and treatments of anemia diseases. The correct diagnosis of each type of anemia is therefore, important. Those who are most vulnerable are the newborns and under-five children. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to identify the variables that affect the diagnosis of the two anemia diseases among children: hemolytic anemia and G6PD deficiency. This aim is intended to be achieved by using the discriminant analysis to differentiate between the G6PD deficiency and hemolytic anemia among the selected 150 children infected with the diseases. The result of the study showed that three factors such as jaundice, fever and age contribute to the significant differences between the group of children infected with hemolytic anemia and the group of children infected with G6PD deficiency. There is high capability of differentiating between these two groups with the discriminant function obtained from these factors. Therefore, this study recommends the use of discriminant function to help in diagnosing the cases of these diseases as carried out by the medical authorities concerned with anemia in children.
Rasha Adil Saeed, Inaam Aboud Hussain and Suhail Najm Abbood, 2019. The Difference Between Hemolytic Anemia and the Deficiency of G6PD Among Children Using a Discriminant Analysis. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 4485-4490.