Table 3.
Hematological values
| Groups | 12 months |
18 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sucrose | D-Psicose | Sucrose | D-Psicose | |||
| PLT | (×104/mm3) | 76.2 ± 9.0 | 83.7 ± 5.9 | 76.3 ± 14.5 | 75.1 ± 11.5 | |
| Hb | (g/100 ml) | 14.5 ± 0.6 | 14.2 ± 0.5 | 15.4 ± 0.9 | 14.1 ± 0.6* | |
| RBC | (×104/mm3) | 817 ± 37 | 838 ± 21 | 876 ± 51 | 838 ± 36 | |
| WBC | (/µl) | 2914 ± 518 | 2900 ± 1003 | 3729 ± 1533 | 3560 ± 1180 | |
| HCT | (%) | 45.0 ± 2.0 | 45.2 ± 1.3 | 47.9 ± 6.2 | 45.5 ± 1.6 | |
| MCV | (µ3) | 55 ± 1 | 54 ± 1 | 56 ± 2 | 54 ± 1* | |
| MCH | (pg) | 18 ± 1 | 17 ± 0* | 17 ± 1 | 17 ± 0 | |
| MCHC | (%) | 32 ± 1 | 31 ± 1 | 31 ± 1 | 31 ± 1 | |
Values are means ± SD for 8–10 rats. *Significant difference from the Sucrose group (*p<0.01, Student’s t tests).