Figure 4.
Estimated likelihood of severe sickle cell disease before 18 years of age as predicted by severe anemia (Hgb <7 g/dL in the second year of life), leukocyte count, and the occurrence of dactylitis before 1 year of age.22
Reprinted with permission from Miller ST, Sleeper LA, Pegelow CH, et al. Prediction of adverse outcomes in the newborn cohort of the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease (CSSCD): extended follow-up to 18 years. Blood. 2000;96:12a.
