| Background Medical | Total population N = 147 (%) | Patients with no anaemia n = 24 (%) | Patients without haemolytic anaemia n = 80 (%) | Patients with haemolytic anaemia n = 43 (%) |
| Diabetes | 24 (16.3) | 4 (16.6) | 14 (17.5) | 5 (11.6) |
| BPH | 53 (36.1) | 7 (29.2) | 31 (38.7) | 15 (34.9) |
| HIV/AIDS | 20 (13.6) | 2 (8.3) | 8 (10) | 10 (23.25) |
| Hepatitis | 5 (3.4) | 1 (4.2) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (6.9) |
| Respiratory disease | 14 (9.5) | 1 (4.2) | 11 (13.7) | 2 (4.6) |
| CKD | 22 (14.96) | 0 | 14 (17.5) | 8 (18.6) |
| Stroke | 9 (6.1) | 1 (4.2) | 7 (8.7) | 1 (2.3) |
| Cancers | 20 (13.6) | 2 (8.3) | 13 (16.3) | 5 (11.6) |
| Inflammatory disease | 9 (6.1) | 3 (12.5) | 5 (6.25) | 3 (6.9) |