Blood samples taken for C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, and full blood count (FBC) allowed patients to be grouped by modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS), and anaemia subtype (haemoglobin (Hb) M < 130 mg/L and F < 120 mg/L, with microcytic anaemia being mean corpuscular volume (MCV) < 80 f/L, and normocytic anaemia with MCV 80-100 f/L).