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. 2015 Feb 4;2015:808204. doi: 10.1155/2015/808204

Table 4.

Spearman's correlation coefficients (r) comparing hematological profile and ferritin status of mothers and their respective newborns at St. Paul's Hospital, Addis Ababa (n = 89).

Newborns parameters Mother's parameters r s (P value)
Hgb MCV MCH MCHC RDW Ferritin
Hgb 0.22a 0.09 0.23a 0.35c −0.00 0.28b
MCV 0.06 −0.03 −0.03 −0.05 −0.08 0.12
MCH 0.15 0.02 0.09 0.14 −0.06 0.10
MCHC 0.16 0.24a 0.31b 0.39c −0.02 0.04
RDW −0.01 −0.19 −0.16 0.04 0.03 0.01
Ferritin 0.25a 0.10 0.13 0.11 −0.21 0.38c

Hgb = hemoglobin; MCV = mean cell volume; MCH = mean cell hemoglobin; MCHC = mean cell hemoglobin concentration; RDW = red cell distribution width. a P value < 0.05, b P value < 0.01, and c P value < 0.001.