. 2018 Sep 18;21(8):732–740. doi: 10.1177/1098612X18798841

Table 1.

Results of complete blood count performed in 40 feline whole blood units at collection (D0) and after storage for 35 days (D35)

Parameter	Time	Mean	95% CI	SD	Median	95% CI	Minimum	Maximum	P value for paired differences
RBCs (× 10³/µl)	D0	7008.2	6544.0–7472.4	1451.5	6585.0	6196.7–7465.9	4580.0	10700.0	0.3971
RBCs (× 10³/µl)	D35	6777.0	6298.5–7255.4	1496.1	6560.0	6234.0–6712.8	4270.0	12000.0	0.3971
Hb (g/dl)	D0	9.7	9.0–10.3	2.0	9.5	8.7–10.1	6.2	14.9	0.1288
Hb (g/dl)	D35	9.3	8.6–10.0	2.1	8.8	8.6–9.4	6.0	15.3	0.1288
Hct (%)	D0	27.8	25.9–29.6	5.6	27.1	25.0–29.6	18.7	44.6	0.6502
Hct (%)	D35	26.8	25.0–28.5	5.4	25.8	25.1–27.3	18.1	43.5	0.6502
MCV (fl)	D0	40.0	38.8–41.1	3.5	39.4	38.2–40.2	34.7	51.8	0.9625
MCV (fl)	D35	39.7	38.8–40.6	2.8	39.2	38.7–40.6	33.5	45.5	0.9625
MCH (pg)	D0	13.9	13.5–14.4	1.3	13.9	13.6–14.2	10.9	16.6	0.1650
MCH (pg)	D35	13.7	13.3–14.2	1.3	13.5	13.2–14.2	11.2	16.9	0.1650
MCHC (g/dl)	D0	34.9	34.3–35.6	2.1	35.3	33.5–36.2	30.5	38.8	0.5106
MCHC (g/dl)	D35	34.6	33.9–35.4	2.4	34.7	34.0–35.7	29.2	40.0	0.5106
RDW (%)	D0	17.3	16.8–17.9	1.6	17.4	16.7–18.0	13.3	20.8	0.0596
RDW (%)	D35	17.9	17.3–18.5	1.9	17.6	17.1–18.1	15.2	23.9	0.0596
WBCs (/µl)	D0	6716.5	5799.7–7633.2	2866.4	6435.0	5678.2–7422.0	1560.0	13400.0	<0.0001
WBCs (/µl)	D35	1001.4	727.4–1275.5	856.8	762.0	559.3–1012.2	123.0	4030.0	<0.0001
PLTs (× 10³/µl)	D0	366.7	307.6–425.8	184.8	315.5	271.0–404.8	84.0	1087.5	<0.0001
PLTs (× 10³/µl)	D35	204.9	163.1–246.6	130.5	157.0	123.5–228.4	58.0	527.0	<0.0001

Statistically significant P values (<0.05) are in bold

CI = confidence interval; RBCs = red blood cells; Hb = haemoglobin; Hct = haematocrit; MCV = mean cell volume; MCH = mean cell haemoglobin; MCHC = mean cell haemoglobin concentration; RDW = red blood cell distribution width; WBCs = white blood cells; PLTs = platelets