Total Serum Bilirubin and Related Anemia in Thalassemic Patients

The aim of present study was to evaluate total serum bilirubin TSB (direct and indirect SB) for thalassemic patients and to verify the correlation between Hb level, age and TSB level (direct and indirect) for the same patients. To achieve this aim, Forty-three thalassemic patients (19 females 24 male) with mean ages of 12.61±4.54 with a range of 4-22 years were enrolled. Thirty one healthy individuals (12 females 19 males) of ages 11.55± 5.36 were enrolled as control group. The total serum bilirubin, (direct and indirect) levels in sera of patients and control group were measured by a colorimetric method. The results show a highly significant increase for TSB (P 0.001), for patients in compared with healthy control while Hb levels were decreased.