Table 4. Hematological alterations among exposed male and female subjects compared with the controls.

Parameters (unit)	Males			Females
	Control (N = 30)	Exposed (N = 78)	t-value	Control (N = 40)	Exposed (N = 65)	t-value
RBC (106/µl)	4.28±0.69	5.55±1.39***	4.79	3.89±0.71	5.67±1.26***	8.19
MCV (µm3)	85.38±7.89	78.56±9.18***	−3.37	83.24±9.27	82.81±9.1	−0.38
PLT (103/µl)	190.3±59.3	116.2±42.9***	−7.38	228.4±76.9	120.2±56.5***	−8.3

RBC- Red Blood Cells count, MCV- Mean Corpuscular Volume, PLT- Platelets count.

Reference Range: RBC count- 4.3–6.2 (males) & 3.8–5.5 (females); MCV- 82–102 (males) & 78–101 (females); PLT- 150–450.

Values are shown as mean±SD where SD denote standard deviation.

^* p<0.05,

^** p<0.01,

^*** p<0.001; p values adjusted for age and smoking by linear regression model.