Sample group | Number | Correlation coefficient (R) | Fitting equation |
All samples | 4920 | 0.965 | y = 2.6065x + 11.04 |
Non-thalassemia | 4463 | 0.880 | y = 2.325x + 19.482 |
Thalassemia | 457 | 0.968 | y = 2.8098x + 5.8982 |
α-thalassemia | 311 | 0.966 | y = 0.3496x – 1.8008 |
β-thalassemia | 133 | 0.962 | y = 0.3279x – 0.0392 |
α & β-thalassemia | 13 | 0.980 | y = 0.3316x – 0.3217 |