**6. Microscopic patterns of anemia**

Normocytic anemia being the commonest anemiafollowed by microcytic hypochromic and macrocytic as studied by Kim HS et al. The most common pattern of anemia in a study done by Choi CW has been found to be normocytic anemia amounting to 93.5%, and 3.5% of them being microcytic, and 3% were macrocytic anemias. Bhasin A et al. study showed that most common pattern of anemia as normocytic in 60–90 years age group [69–71].
