Table 1.

Characteristics of erythrocytes and reticulocytes in 4.1^-/- mice and controls

	4.1-/-	C57BL6	129S1/SvImj
No. experiments	15	12	12
Erythrocytes
MCV, fL	43.1 ± 1.6*	49.3 ± 0.9	50.3 ± 0.7
RDW, %	25.3 ± 2.1*	13.2 ± 0.9	12.9 ± 0.4
CHCM, g/dL	32.7 ± 0.9*	28.5 ± 0.6	29.7 ± 0.6
HDW, g/dL	3.46 ± 0.38*	1.9 ± 0.01	1.85 ± 0.1
D50	1.111 ± 0.001	1.096 ± 0.002	—
Cell Na, mmol/kg Hb	48.5 ± 8.8*	13.0 ± 2.0	12.8 ± 5.0
Cell K, mmol/kg Hb	343.9 ± 36.4*	444.2 ± 14.4	446.5 ± 12.7
Cell Na + K, mmol/kg Hb	392.3 ± 38.4*	457.2 ± 16.3	459.3 ± 13.5
Reticulocytes
Reticulocytes, %	20.7 ± 2.7*	3.3 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 0.7
MCVr, fL	55.3 ± 1.4	57.5 ± 1.3	57.5 ± 2.4
RDWr, %	17.8 ± 1.4	14.9 ± 1.5	15.5 ± 2.0
CHCMr, g/dL	28.1 ± 0.4	28.0 ± 0.7	29.0 ± 0.9
HDWr, g/dL	2.8 ± 0.17	2.9 ± 0.4	2.8 ± 0.3

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

— indicates not determined.

^*P < .05 compared with C57BL6 and 129S1/SvImj.