Table 1.

Means and reference ranges of hematological variables^* including methemoglobin concentration in seventy-eight 6- to 10-year-old children

Analytes	Mean	Reference values
Red blood cells (x 109/L)	4.83	4.05	5.6
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.57	10.7	15.6
Hematocrit (%)	38.99	33.7	44.2
Mean corpuscular volume (fL)	81.19	63.4	90.7
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg)	28.29	20.2	31.3
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	34.62	31.3	37.2
Platelets (x 109/L)	310.10	148	583
Methemoglobin (%)	4.61	3.61	6.44

*Data obtained with two replicates