Table 1. Hematological and Immunological parameters of Brazilian mothers in the 2^nd and the 3^rd trimesters of pregnancy.

	2nd trimester (n = 49)			3rd trimester (n = 30)
	Median	P10th–P90th	IQR	Median	P10th–P90th	IQR	p-value
RCC*	3,830	3,370–4,420	3,635–4,410	4,130	1,983–4,341	3,585–4,200	0.82
Hct (%)	35.3	30.7–39.5	33.1–37.9	35.7	28.22–39.89	32.43–37.98	0.42
Hb (g/dl)	11.8	10.5–13.1	11.1–12.6	12.1	9.28–13.31	11.13–12.75	0.69
Leucocytes**	9.4	6.1–13.9	7.4–10.5	9.4	5.3–12.3	7.2–10.55	0.39
Neutrophils**	6.6	4.3–9.7	5.4–8.2	6.5	3.7–8.7	4.9–8.1	0.39
Lymphocytes**	1.7	1.2–2.9	1.4–2.2	1.7	1.0–2.6	1.3–2.2	0.30
Monocytes**	0.5	0.2–0.8	0.4–0.6	0.6	0.27–0.84	0.39–0.72	0.33
Eosinophils**	0.01	0.09–0.33	0.11–0.25	0.01	0.06–0.33	0.09–0.16	0.22
Basophils**	0.02	0.010–0.063	0.01–0.04	0.02	0.045–0.087	0.02–0.04	0.95
Platelets**	232	145–318	196–291	216	152–359	182–267	0.06

Abbreviations: Hb: hemoglobin; Hct: hematocrit; IQR: interquartile range; RCC: red cell count.

* (×10⁶/mL); **(×10³/µl); Data are expressed as median, interquartile ranges (IQRs) and percentiles (P10^th–P90^th). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.