Table I.
Mean values of the biochemical and haematological parameters among blood donors
| Parameters | Donor types |
Overall mean n = 348 |
F value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular n = 96 |
PR n = 156 |
VD n = 96 |
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| SF (ng/mL) | 15.4 | 77.8 | 138.8 | 77.4 | 3.587* |
| SI (ìg/dL) | 70.8 | 145.7 | 158.3 | 128.5 | 2.966* |
| TIBC (ìg/dL) | 219.5 | 278.4 | 316.8 | 273.7 | 2.815* |
| TS (%) | 39.5 | 61.3 | 39.8 | 53.3 | 2.740* |
| Hb (g/dL) | 8. 5 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 29.310 *** |
| PCV (%) | 26.7 | 40.3 | 40.2 | 36.5 | 25.310 *** |
| MCHC (%) | 31.8 | 33.5 | 33.4 | 33.0 | 28.940*** |
Legend: PR = Patients' relatives, SF = Serum ferritin, VD = Voluntary donors, SI = Serum iron, TIBC = Total iron binding capacity, Hb = Haemoglobin, PCV = Packed cell volume, MCHC = Mean cell haemoglobin concentration, TS = Transferrin saturation.
*
= P < 0.05;
**
= P < 0.01;
***
= P<0.001