Journal of Hematology, ISSN 1927-1212 print, 1927-1220 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 6, Number 1, March 2017, pages 6-11


Reference Value Profile for Healthy Individuals From the Aljouf region of Saudi Arabia

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Hematological parameters with significant variation between male and female. PCV: packed cell volume; Hb: hemoglobin; RBC: red blood cell; 1: male; 2: female.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Hematological parameters which do not show significant variation between male and female. WBC: white blood cell; MCV: mean cell volume; 1: male; 2: female.

Tables

Table 1. Hematological Reference Value Profile for Normal Adults of Aljouf Region Expressed as a Mean ± SD (95% Range)
 
SD: standard deviation. Statistical significance is shown in superscript parenthesis and determined by comparison of male group with female indices. aP < 0.01. bP > 0.05.
Hemoglobin concentration, g/dL
  Male15.2 ± 2.3a
  Female13.7 ± 1.8
Red blood cell count, × 106/mm3
  Male4.8 ± 0.4a
  Female4.1 ± 0.5
Hematocrit (Hct) packed cell volume (PCV)
  Male0.43 ± 0.03a
  Female0.39 ± 0.05
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), fL
  Male83.8 ± 5.6b
  Female84.1 ± 5.7
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), pg
  Male29.8 ± 2.0b
  Female28.9 ± 2.6
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), g/dL
  Male36.3 ± 0.4b
  Female35.9 ± 1.8
Red cell distribution width (RDW), %
  Male13.2 ± 0.8b
  Female12.9 ± 0.7
Platelet count (Plt), × 103/mm3
  Male252.1 ± 84.9a
  Female294.7 ± 114.9
White blood cell count (WBC), × 103/mm3
  Male6.2 ± 2.4b
  Female6.5 ± 2.6
Differential white blood cell count
  Neutrophils, %58.2 ± 14.2b
59.1 ± 13.4
  Lymphocytes, %33.7 ± 10.7b
34.7 ± 11.2
  Monocytes, %7.2 ± 2.6b
7.7 ± 2.4b
  Eosinophils, %3.3 ± 2.2b
3.1 ± 1.9
  Basophils, %0.5 ± 0.49b
0.6 ± 0.46

 

Table 2. Clinical Chemistry Parameters for Normal Adults of Aljouf Region Expressed as a Mean ± SD (95% Range)
 
ParameterAST (µ/L)ALT (µ/L)T. chol (mmol/L)Trig (mmol/L)Urea (mg/dL)Creatinine (mg/dL)
AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; T. chol: total cholesterol; Trig: triglyceride.
Mean ± SD28.1 ± 1426.4 ± 12.8133.2 ± 38.792.8 ± 39.419 ± 70.9 ± 0.5
Reference range16.0 - 44.413.2 - 42.5173 - 6345 - 134 12 - 260.4 - 1.4