Distribution of thalassemia pediatric patients by age group at hospital admission Age group α-Thalassemia n (%) β-Thalassemia n (%) In common n (%) p (test 2) 0-<1 5 (18, 5) 5 (8, 9) 10 (12, 0) 0, 611 * 1-<5 7 (25, 9) 11 (19, 6) 18 (21, 7) 5-<10 8 (29, 6) 18 (32, 1) 26 (31, 3) 10-<15 6 (22, 2) 19 (33, 9) 25 (30, 1) ≥15 1 (3, 7) 3 (5, 4) 4 (4, 8) Total 27 (31, 8) 56 (65, 9) 83 (100, 0) Comments: Most of the patients admitted to the hospitalization were between the ages of 1 and 15 years old.