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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2005 Dec 15;28(1):3–17. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.10.005

Table 4.

Hematological and iron status parameters

1 month of age
 4 months of age
Prenatal Control Postnatal Prenatal Control Postnatal
RBC (× 106/μL)  4.8 ± 0.1a  4.8 ± 0.1  4.8 ± 0.1  5.0 ± 0.1  5.1 ± 0.1  5.0 ± 0.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.2 ± 0.2 12.7 ± 0.2 12.6 ± 0.4 11.9 ± 0.1 12.3 ± 0.1 11.9 ± 0.2
Hematocrit (%)   37 ± 1   38 ± 1   38 ± 1.2   36 ± 0.6   37 ± 0.7   36 ± 0.8
MCV (fL)   78 ± 0.9   79 ± 0.7   80 ± 1   72 ± 0.6   72 ± 0.5   73 ± 0.8
MCH (pg) 25.7 ± 0.3 26.4 ± 0.3 26.3 ± 0.4 23.6 ± 0.3 24.1 ± 0.3 24.1 ± 0.5
MCHC (pg/fL) 32.9 ± 0.3 33.3 ± 0.5 32.7 ± 0.5 32.9 ± 0.3 33.6 ± 0.4 33.2 ± 0.5
RDW (%) 13.1 ± 0.2 13.0 ± 0.3 12.9 ± 0.2 13.4 ± 0.2 13.7 ± 0.2 13.3 ± 0.2
ZPP (μmol/mol heme)   51 ± 5   57 ± 6   74 ± 17   34 ± 6   34 ± 6   44 ± 15
TfR (μg/mL)  2.6 ± 0.3  2.8 ± 0.4  2.2 ± 0.3  1.7 ± 0.2  2.0 ± 0.3  1.5 ± 0.2
Serum Fe (μg/dL)  123 ± 9  132 ± 12  159 ± 13  139 ± 12  117 ± 10  128 ± 13
CD4+/CD8+  2.8 ± 0.2b  3.8 ± 0.5  3.1 ± 0.2
a

Mean ± SEM.

b

p<.01 vs. control.