Table 3. Hematology reference ranges (median and 2.5^th- 97.5^thpercentiles) derived from young adults in Maputo, Mozambique.

Parameter	Male		Female		Total		P
	N	Range	N	Range	N	Range
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	101	14.1 (12.3–16.4)	151	11.2 (7.0–13.1)	252	12.2 (7.5–15.8)	<0.0001
Hematocrit (%)	97	42.8 (25.2–50.4)	150	33.8 (19.5–40.3)	247	36.4 (20.2–47.2)	<0.0001
MCV (fL)	102	85.8 (72.4–92.9)	150	81.1 (59.1–94.3)	252	83.1 (63.0–94.1)	<0.0001
MCH (pg)	102	28.4 (22.2–47.7)	151	26.9 (16.4–48.0)	253	27.5 (18.0–48.7)	0.0063
MCHC (g/dL)	101	33.1 (30.4–54.2)	151	32.4 (25.8–56.1)	253	32.7 (28.1–55.9)	0.0143
RDW-SD (fL)	95	43.6 (37.0–50.0)	150	44.6 (36.3–52.6)	245	44.2 (36.4.–52.2)	0.0159
RDW-CV (%)	95	14.1 (11.6–18.6)	149	14.8 (12.2–23.5)	244	14.4 (11.9–23.4)	0.0084
PDW (fL)	97	13.5 (10.4–22.2)	147	13.5 (10.1–21.0)	244	13.5 (10.2–22.3)	0.8719
MPV (fL)	97	10.6 (8.7–13.1)	147	10.5 (8.5–12.7)	244	10.5 (8.5–13.0)	0.9564
Erythrocytes (106/µL)	100	5.1 (2.7–6.1)	150	4.2 (2.3–5.0)	250	4.6 (2.4–5.9)	<0.0001
Platelets (103/µL)	102	231.1 (116.2–392.1)	151	269.0 (128.8–503.0)	253	252.0 (125.2–488.0)	<0.0001
WBC (103/µL)	101	4.6 (2.9–7.7)	151	5.6 (3.2–9.1)	252	5.1 (3.0–8.7)	<0.0001
Neutrophils (103/µL)	101	2.4 (1.1–5.1)	149	3.2 (1.4–7.0)	250	2.7 (1.2–6.1)	<0.0001
Neutrophils (%)	95	52.5 (34.4–70.8)	146	57.1 (37.0–76.7)	241	54.7 (34.9–74.9)	0.0006
Lymphocytes (103/µL)	97	1.8 (1.1–3.3)	150	1.9 (1.0–3.1)	247	1.9 (1.1–3.1)	0.0535
Lymphocytes (%)	97	39.1 (15.5–57.1)	150	35.1 (17.8–53.6)	247	37.0 (16.6–56.2)	0.0103
MXD (103/µL)	91	0.3 (0.0–0.9)	132	0.3 (0.0–0.8)	223	0.3 (0.0–0.8)	0.3807
MXD (%)	85	6.8 (0.5–16.2)	131	6.3 (0.0–12.9)	216	6.3 (0.0–14.6)	0.1339

p-values indicate comparisons between males and females