Sub-responders

Over-responders

Etiology of anemia/underlying disease

N

%

Etiology of anemia/underlying disease

N

%

Polycythemia vera

12

31.6%

Secondary erythrocytosis

24

70.6%

Megaloblastic anemia

17

30.4%

Aplastic anemia

8

40.0%

Anemia of chronic disease

10

29.4%

Hemolytic anemia

3

21.4%

β-thalassemic trait

11

26.8%

Myelodysplastic syndromes

46

17.7%

Essential thrombocythemia

11

17.7%

β-thalassemia major

12

13.0%

Iron deficiency anemia

7

14.6%

Acute myelogenous leukemia

3

12.5%

Hemolytic anemia

3

14.3%

Sickle-cell β-thalassemia

2

8.7%

Multiple myeloma

10

12.7%

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

5

8.5%

Normal subjects

5

10.2%

Multiple myeloma

6

7.6%

Acute myelogenous leukemia

1

4.3%

Myelofibrosis

2

6.2%

Lymphoproliferative disorders

6

3.7%

Iron deficiency anemia

2

4.2%

Myelofibrosis

1

3.1%

Myeloproliferative disorders

3

2.0%

Myelodysplastic syndrome

10

3.1%

Lymphoproliferative disorders

2

1.2%

β-thalassemia major

2

2.2%

Total

106

9.8%

Total

118

10.9%

Diabetic patients

48

45.3%

Diabetic patients

6

5.1%

Non-diabetic patients

47

44.3%

Non-diabetic patients

96

81.4%

Unknown status

11

10.4%

Unknown status

16

13.5%