Table 4.
Comparison of red blood cell indices in neonatal cord plasma from the current study with reference values and other studies
| Parameter Mean ± SD | Current study Neonatal cord plasma samples (n = 220) |
Reference values9 | Karachi10 (Pakistan) Neonatal cord plasma samples (n = 404) |
Malawi2 (East Africa) Neonatal cord plasma samples (n = 366) |
Mashhad16 (Iran) Neonatal cord plasma samples (n = 447) |
Abidjan12 (Africa) Neonatal cord plasma samples (n = 129) |
Al-nahrain11 study Neonatal cord plasma samples (n = 300) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.76 ± 1.46 | 13.7–20.1 | 14.99 ± 1.47** | 16 ± 1.7** | 15.9 ± 1.96 | 15 ± 1.7** | 15.32 ± 0.80** |
| Red cell count (×1012/L) | 4 ± 0.47 | 3.74–4.62 | 4.29 ± 0.44** | 4.52 ±.0.57** | 4.45 ± 1.96 | 4.370 ± 0.51** | 4.35 ± 0.47** |
| Hematocrit (%) | 44.42 ± 4.74 | 45–65 | 45.65 ± 4.83** | 47 ± 6** | 48.3 ± 1.96 | 43.6 ± 5.5† | 45.5 ± 3.2* |
| MCV (fl) | 111.56 ± 6.09 | 103–113 | 105.81 ± 6.24** | 112.6 ± 8.9† | 108.7 ± 1.96 | 100 ± 6.2** | 104.5 ± 2.91** |
| MCH (Pg) | 34.41 ± 2.36 | 31–37 | 34.96 ± 2.11** | 31.9 ± 5.5** | 35.8 ± 1.96 | 34.5 ± 2.4† | 35.39 ± 1.67** |
| MCHC (g/dL) | 30.93 ± 1.90 | 30–36 | 32.47 ± 2.12** | 33.5 ± 2.8** | 33 ± 1.96 | 34.2 ± 1.0** | 33.74 ± 0.96** |
| Nucleated RBC/100 WBC | 0.07 ± 0.37 | 0–5 | 7.51 ± 13.20** | 9.9 ± 9.8** | 3.76 ± 1.96 | 6 ± 3.60** | 0.294 ± 0.07** |
| RDW | 17.01 ± 1.63 | 14.1–20.3 | 17.1 ± 1.96 |
Notes:
*
Significant;
**
highly significant;
†
not significant.
Abbreviations: WBC, white blood cells; RBC, red blood cells; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; RDW, red blood distribution width; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean cell volume; SD, standard deviation.