Table 2.

Comparison of blood status between study and control groups.

Cell type	Study group × 109/l	Control group × 109/l	P-value
White blood cells	4·76 ± 1·48	5·45 ± 0·80	0·27
Platelets	278·75 ± 70·69	325·50 ± 76·10	0·22
Neutrophils	2·59 ± 1·24	2·30 ± 0·51	0·56
Lymphocytes	1·56 ± 0·24	2·58 ± 0·46	< 0·001
Monocytes	0·40 ± 0·12	0·43 ± 0·09	0·64
Eosinophils	0·18 ± 0·09	0·16 ± 0·16	0·85
Basophils	0·01 ± 0·04	0·01 ± 0·04	1·00
Red blood cells ( × 1012/l)	4·66 ± 0·36	4·87 ± 0·33	0·24
Haemoglobin (g/l)	138·38 ± 5·34	138·75 ± 9·45	0·92
Haematocrit (l/l)	0·41 ± 0·02	0·41 ± 76·10	0·22

All data given as mean ± s.d.