Distribution of patients according to age at diagnosis Age group α-Thalassemia n (%) β-Thalassemia n (%) In common n (%) <1 y 8 (29, 6) 24 (42, 9) 32 (38, 6) 1-<5 y 15 (55, 6) 24 (42, 9) 39 (47, 0) 5-<10 y 4 (14, 8) 5 (8, 9) 9 (10, 8) ≥10 y 0 (0, 0) 3 (5, 4) 3 (3, 6) 8 Total 27 (32, 5) 56 (67, 5) 83 (100, 0) Comments: Most Thalassemia patients were diagnosed at the age of <5 years (accounting for 85.6%).