. 2015 Apr 13;10(4):e0123140. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123140

Table 4. Test of difference in hematologic and clinical chemistry parameters between gender and age-groups from the 16–34 years old cohort in Kisumu Kenya (2007–2010).

			Age 16–17 years			Age 18–34 years
Parameter	Gender	n	median	p-value (gender)	n	median	p-value (gender)	P-value (age)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	Female	132	12.7 (7.5–14.8)	<0.0001	322	12.8 (9.0–14.9)	<0.0001	0.3143
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	Male	110	14.2 (11.1–16.7)	<0.0001	389	15.1 (12.6–17.2)	<0.0001	<0.0001
Hematocrit (%)	Female	132	38.0 (24.2–43.7)	<0.0001	322	38.6 (28.6–44.2)	<0.0001	0.2242
Hematocrit (%)	Male	110	42.6 (33.7–49.7)	<0.0001	389	45.4 (38.1–51.6)	<0.0001	<0.0001
WBC (x1000)	Female	132	6.0 (3.6–9.5)	0.0025	322	5.9 (3.7–9.1)	0.0002	0.4387
WBC (x1000)	Male	110	5.2 (3.6–9.1)	0.0025	389	5.6 (3.3–9.6)	0.0002	0.5766
RBC (x10 ¹² /L)	Female	132	4.9 (3.7–6.0)	<0.0001	322	4.8 (4.0–5.8)	<0.0001	0.4424
RBC (x10 ¹² /L)	Male	110	5.2 (4.3–6.4)	<0.0001	389	5.4 (4.6–6.6)	<0.0001	<0.0001
Lymphocytes (x10 ⁹ /L)	Female	132	2.5 (1.2–3.9)	0.0112	322	2.3 (1.4–3.8)	<0.0001	0.0789
Lymphocytes (x10 ⁹ /L)	Male	110	2.2 (1.4–3.4)	0.0112	389	2.1 (1.2–3.4)	<0.0001	0.0261
Neutrophiles (x10 ⁹ /L)	Female	132	2.7 (1.3–5.8)	0.0112	322	2.7 (1.3–5.0)	0.0538	0.4565
Neutrophiles (x10 ⁹ /L)	Male	110	2.2 (0.9–6.7)	0.0112	389	2.6 (1.3–5.2)	0.0538	0.0169
PLT(x10 ⁹ /L)	Female	132	264 (126–448)	<0.0001	322	270 (147–454)	<0.0001	0.3589
PLT(x10 ⁹ /L)	Male	110	215 (112–474)	<0.0001	389	227 (126–356)	<0.0001	0.1218
ALT (μ/L)	Female	132	14.1 (5.7–32.5)	0.0030	322	13.5 (7.2–34.1)	<0.0001	0.2750
ALT (μ/L)	Male	110	16.4 (7.8–33.9)	0.0030	388	17.4 (8.4–54.7)	<0.0001	0.0417
BUN (mmol/L)	Female	132	2.4 (1.2–4.2)	0.0241	322	2.4 (1.2–4.1)	<0.0001	0.7883
BUN (mmol/L)	Male	110	2.7 (1.2–4.5)	0.0241	388	2.8 (1.5–5.0)	<0.0001	0.0604
Creatinine (μmol/L)	Female	132	51 (40–69)	<0.0001	322	78 (57–100)	<0.0001	<0.0001
Creatinine (μmol/L)	Male	110	65 (39–89)	<0.0001	388	93 (69–123)	<0.0001	<0.0001