Table 3.

Comparison of mean values ± SD of FBC parameters and gender differences of the parameters with normal range of values based on Dacie and Lewis

Current study	Dacie and Lewis
Parameter	Male	female	Male	female
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	13.27 ± 1.60	13.32 ±1.61	15.0 ± 2	13.5±1.5
PCV (%)	44.75 ± 6.05	44.85 ± 5.51	45.0 ± 5	41.0 ± 5
Red cell count (x 1012/L)	4.09 ± 0.51	4.05 ± 0.6	5.0 ± 0.5	4.3 ± 0.5
MCV (fl)	109.54 ± 11.92	111.29 ± 11.86	92.0 ± 9	92.0 ± 9
MCH (pg)	32.61 ± 4.13	32.71 ± 4.93	29.5 ± 2.5	29.5± 2.5
MCHC (g/dL)	29.79 ±1.67	29.73 ± 1.61	33.0 ± 1.5	33.0 ± 1.5
RDW	19.57 ± 3.82	19.96 ± 4.74	12.8 ± 1.2	12.8 ± 1.2
WBC (x 109/L)	13.16 ± 5.43	13.07 ± 4.98	7.5 ± 3.5	7.5 ± 3.5
Platelets (x109/L)	223.64 ± 64.21	226.69 ± 80.83	275 ± 125	275 ± 125