Table 5.
Pearson’s correlations(r) of hematological indices with FBG level and duration of illness among T2DM patients and healthy controls at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (n=296)
| Variables | T2DM group
|
Control group FBG r(P) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FBG r(P) | Duration of T2DM r(P) | ||
| Total WBC count | 0.221** (0.007) | −0.004 (0.962) | 0.008 (0.923) |
| Absolute lymphocytes | 0.174* (0.034) | −0.023 (0.777) | 0.119 (0.149) |
| Absolute neutrophils | 0.175* (0.033) | 0.003 (0.970) | −0.033 (0.692) |
| MID | 0.083 (0.316) | −0.156 (0.058) | −0.014 (0.865) |
| RBC | 0.129 (0.118) | 0.081 (0.325) | 0.047 (0.570) |
| Hct | 0.106 (0.201) | 0.013 (0.873) | 0.010 (0.905) |
| Hgb | 0.149 (0.070) | 0.048 (0.566) | 0.026 (0.758) |
| MCV | 0.036 (0.663) | −0.073 (0.379) | −0.081 (0.328) |
| MCH | 0.083 (0.315) | −0.057 (0.488) | −0.045 (0.587) |
| MCHC | 0.159 (0.053) | 0.038 (0.642) | −0.021 (0.798) |
| RDW | −0.120 (0.148) | −0.072 (0.384) | −0.094 (0.254) |
| Platelets | −0.048 (0.559) | 0.234** (0.004) | 0.029 (0.729) |
| PDW | 0.038 (0.643) | −0.006 (0.945) | 0.008 (0.927) |
| MPV | 0.614* (0.042) | 0.207* (0.011) | 0.007 (0.936) |
Notes:
**
Correlation is significant at 0.01 level;
*
correlation is significant at 0.05 level (two-tailed); r is the correlation coefficient.
Abbreviations: FBG, fasting blood glucose; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; WBC, white blood cell; MID, monocyte, basophil, and eosinophil; RBC, red blood cell; Hgb, hemoglobin; Hct, hematocrit; MCV, mean cell volume; MCH, mean cell hemoglobin; MCHC, mean cell hemoglobin concentration; RDW, red blood cell distribution width; MPV, mean platelet volume; PDW, platelet distribution width.