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. 2015 Dec 1;23(16):1284–1297. doi: 10.1089/ars.2014.6237

Table 1.

Hematological Parameters and Red Cell Indices in Wild-Type, β-Thalassemic (Hbb3th/+), and Prx2−/− β Thalassemic (Prx2−/− Hbb3th/+) Mice

  Wild-type mice (n=15) Hbb3th/+mice (n=12) Prx2−/− Hbb3th/+mice (n=12)
Hct (%) 46.1±1.4 28.7±0.3* 26.1±0.2
Hb (g/dl) 14.8±0.5 9.3±0.2* 8.07±0.1
MCV (fl) 51.3±0.2 34.6±0.6* 35.1±0.7*
MCH (g/dl) 15.9±0.7 9.1±0.03* 8.9±0.04*
CH (pg) 14.4±0.08 9.7±0.2 9.8±0.06*
RDW(%) 12.5±0.2 33.2±0.9* 30.5±1.2
Retics (%) 2.9±0.6 27.7±3.8* 36.4±1.3
*

p<0.05 compared with wild-type mice; °p<0.05 compared with b- thal3th/− mice.

Hb, hemoglobin; Hct, hematocrit; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; RDW, red cell distribution width; Retics, reticulocytes.