highly significantP < 0.001
The difference in the mean values of RBC count, Hb, HCT, MCV, MCH, RDW, and RDW-standard deviation (RDW-SD) was highly significant to distinguish between BTT and IDA ( P < 0.001), whereas the MCHC remained nondiscriminant ( P > 0.05) [ Table 1 ].