Cumulative event numbers and rates during a 2-year patient follow-up of 4 age groups
.  | Age at inclusion, y .  | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of event .  | Younger than 2 (n = 10) .  | 2 to 5 (n = 28) .  | 6 to 9 (n = 28) .  | 10 to 19 (n = 26) .  | |||
| Hospitalizations, no. | |||||||
| No. | 32 | 63 | 113 | 47 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 160 | 112 | 226 | 90 | |||
| Hospitalizations, d | |||||||
| No. | 224* | 296 | 406 | 261 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 1120 | 529 | 812 | 502 | |||
| Vaso-occlusive crisis, 2 or more than 2/y | |||||||
| No. | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 10 | 18 | 18 | 19 | |||
| Acute chest syndrome | |||||||
| No. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 0 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Cerebrovascular event | |||||||
| No. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bone necrosis/dactylitis | |||||||
| No. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | |||
| Death | |||||||
| No. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Severe anemia | |||||||
| No. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
|      Rate/100 patients-years  |  25  |  3.6  |  0  |  0  | |||
.  | Age at inclusion, y .  | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of event .  | Younger than 2 (n = 10) .  | 2 to 5 (n = 28) .  | 6 to 9 (n = 28) .  | 10 to 19 (n = 26) .  | |||
| Hospitalizations, no. | |||||||
| No. | 32 | 63 | 113 | 47 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 160 | 112 | 226 | 90 | |||
| Hospitalizations, d | |||||||
| No. | 224* | 296 | 406 | 261 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 1120 | 529 | 812 | 502 | |||
| Vaso-occlusive crisis, 2 or more than 2/y | |||||||
| No. | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 10 | 18 | 18 | 19 | |||
| Acute chest syndrome | |||||||
| No. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 0 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Cerebrovascular event | |||||||
| No. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bone necrosis/dactylitis | |||||||
| No. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | |||
| Death | |||||||
| No. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rate/100 patients-years | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Severe anemia | |||||||
| No. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
|      Rate/100 patients-years  |  25  |  3.6  |  0  |  0  | |||
One child with recurrent splenic sequestrations accounted for 156 days.