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OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity and specificity of single-tube osmotic fragility (SOFT) and its different methods as screening test for thalassemia trait. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted at Omair Sana Foundation. A total of 400 participants were included in the study. Three hundred were known thalassemia carriers (parents with at least one child with thalassemia major), while 100 were healthy blood donors. SOFT was performed on all 400 participants. Serum iron, ferritin, and DNA tests were performed on 100 participants (donors). ARMS technique was used for detecting thalassemia mutations. RESULTS:Sensitivity and specificity of SOFT (venous method) were found to be 99.6% and 86%, respectively, while with EDTA method, sensitivity was 95% and specificity was 96%. For venous and EDTA methods, positive predictive values were 95.5% and 98.6%, respectively, while negative predictive values were 98.8% and 86.6%, respectively. Use of EDTA and storage had an effect on the results. Sensitivity of SOFT was 95% at 5 min, while it decreased to 87% with EDTA method at 240 min. Sensitivity of SOFT for iron deficiency anemia was found to be 14%. CONCLUSION:SOFT can be used as screening test for thalassemia trait in a cost-effective way. Moreover, we also found that SOFT should be performed on venous blood without adding preservatives (EDTA) that can interfere with the results.
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Eur J Haematoljournal_title
European journal of haematologyauthors
Ansari SH,Hanifa A,Saleem A,Ali SM,Hussain Z,Zohaib M,Akbar M,Rehman S,Hussain SRdoi
10.1111/ejh.12392subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-12-01 00:00:00pages
516-20issue
6eissn
0902-4441issn
1600-0609journal_volume
93pub_type
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