The association between subjective assessment of menstrual bleeding and measures of iron deficiency anemia in premenopausal African-American women: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Anemia-related Factors Stratified by Reported Menstrual Flow (n = 41)

	Light	Normal	Heavy	Very Heavy
	(n = 6)	(n = 15)	(n = 12)	(n = 8)
Previous Evaluation for HMB (%)	16.7	0	25.0	50.0
Anemic^a(%)	0	6.7	41.7	25.0
Iron Deficient^b (%)	33.3	66.7	83.3	75.0
General symptoms of anemia score^c (mean ± SD)	4.0 ± 0	3.6 ± 0.6	2.5 ± 1.4	3.0 ± 1.2
Symptoms of anemia during menses score^d (mean ± SD)	10.8 ± 6.4	8.8 ± 6.0	18.0 ± 9.7	20.8 ± 15.4

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