Table 3.

Haematological blood examinations.

	Males			Females
	Farmers n = 196	Non-farmers n = 208		Farmers n = 132	Non-farmers n = 139
	Median (range)		p	Median (range)		p
RBC 1 (106·μL−1)	4.61	4.57	0.588	4.55	4.58	0.275
	(3.65–6.75)	(3.74–6.75)		(3.74–6.52)	(3.65–6.14)
Haematocrit (%)	42.90	44.70	<0.001	38.95	41.00	<0.001
	(29.20–59.90)	(33.90–54.60)		(23.40–52.20)	(30.60–49.20)
Haemoglobin (g·dL−1)	14.20	14.90	<0.001	12.60	13.60	<0.001
	(10.40–19.60)	(11.30–18.20)		(7.30–17.90)	(10.20–16.40)
MCV 2 (fL)	89.20	89.40	0.993	90.30	89.20	0.237
	(58.00–106.00)	(58.00–106.00)		(8.10–102.00)	(61.00–102.00)
MCH 3 (pg)	29.20	29.40	0.471	29.60	28.85	0.014
	(18.40–34.80)	(18.90–35.10)		(18.90–32.50)	(18.20–34.30)
WBC 4 (103·μL−1)	7.45	7.50	0.849	7.50	6.65	0.010
	(3.50–17.00)	(3.70–17.00)		(3.10–13.50)	(3.10–13.50)
Neutrophils (103·μL−1)	56.30	57.70	0.253	57.85	57.05	0.174
	(28.10–78.90)	(5.90–84.70)		(3.00–79.50)	(3.00–77.10)
Lymphocytes (103·μL−1)	30.15	32.00	0.101	32.95	31.00	0.090
	(13.70–63.50)	(8.30–54.40)		(17.40–50.50)	(13.70–63.50)
Monocytes (103·μL−1)	5.70	6.10	0.192	7.30	6.70	0.181
	(1.80–14.40)	(1.80–13.80)		(3.10–12.60)	(2.50–14.40)
Platelets (103·μL−1)	210.00	213.00	0.426	223.00	221.00	0.591
	(10.00–365.00)	(63.00–377.00)		(65.00–377.00)	(121.00–376.00)

¹ Red Blood Cells; ² Mean corpuscular volume; ³ Mean corpuscular haemoglobin; ⁴ White blood cells.