Table2 Hematological data and iron parameters of male WT and thalassemic mice at different age ranges,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,RBC count (10^6/ul),Hemoglobin(g/dL),Hematocrit(%),MCV(fL),MCH(pg),MCHC(g/dL),RDW(%),Serum iron(uM),Liver non-heme iron (nmole/mg wet weight),Spleen non-heme iron (nmole/mg wet weight),,, WT 6-7 weeks,7.23,9.70,38.30,52.80,13.40,25.40,21.10,53.03,1.63,5.79,,, ,6.46,10.60,35.40,54.90,16.40,29.90,20.20,61.53,1.81,6.29,,, ,6.51,10.30,39.20,60.20,15.80,26.30,27.10,59.29,3.37,5.95,,, ,6.52,11.20,36.20,55.50,17.20,30.90,19.90,50.79,2.85,4.54,,, ,4.53,7.40,28.00,61.90,16.30,26.40,26.80,41.39,1.83,4.31,,, WT 16-20 weeks,9.08,14.90,45.40,49.90,16.40,32.80,12.90,24.38,2.45,7.23,,, ,9.19,15.00,45.90,49.90,16.30,32.70,12.70,16.72,2.24,6.38,,, ,9.58,15.30,47.50,49.50,16.00,32.20,12.90,17.79,2.26,8.34,,, ,7.56,11.80,39.30,52.00,15.60,30.10,12.90,14.21,1.73,8.86,,, ,9.13,14.90,45.20,49.50,16.30,32.90,13.00,19.22,0.94,6.70,,, BKO 6-7 weeks,5.36,6.60,24.10,45.10,12.30,27.30,36.90,46.76,11.98,18.69,,, ,3.26,6.40,17.00,52.20,19.60,37.60,23.90,48.55,12.84,15.72,,, ,5.61,6.50,25.20,44.90,11.60,25.80,38.20,49.45,5.00,23.43,,, ,4.80,6.10,20.90,43.60,12.70,29.10,37.10,36.92,5.19,19.96,,, ,5.73,6.70,26.40,46.10,11.70,25.40,37.00,40.50,10.22,17.04,,, BKO 16-20 weeks,2.64,3.10,11.70,44.30,11.70,26.50,37.30,32.01,10.41,53.40,,, ,3.86,4.20,14.50,37.60,10.90,29.00,31.00,22.09,5.77,50.09,,, ,4.71,8.10,22.30,47.30,17.20,36.30,18.70,18.51,10.85,47.25,,, ,5.97,6.40,23.40,39.10,10.70,27.40,27.40,17.43,8.61,76.71,,, ,6.20,6.60,24.00,38.70,10.70,27.50,22.00,12.42,7.98,68.64,,,