Table 1.
Red cell indices and reticulocyte count (mean ± S).
| Hb (g/L) | MCV (fL) | MHC (pg/cell) | MCHC (g/dL) | RDW (%) | Reticulocyte (×109/L) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS | Mean | 11.1 | 83.9 | 29.2 | 34.8 | 19.2 | 313 |
| (n = 75) | S | ±2.4 | ±10.1 | ±3.2 | ±2.2 | ±4.5 | ±198 |
| HE | Mean | 11.5 | 77.3 | 26.0 | 33.5 | 16.5 | 80 |
| (n = 44) | S | ±1.9 | ±10.2 | ±4.0 | ±1.6 | ±3.8 | ±48 |
| ABO incompatibility/AIHA | Mean | 10.9 | 100.9 | 33.7 | 33.4 | 20.5 | 381 |
| (n = 18) | S | ±2.9 | ±16.8 | ±5.8 | ±1.8 | ±4.3 | ±213 |
| Stomatocytosis | Mean | 11.3 | 92.4 | 30.7 | 33.4 | 15.6 | 225 |
| (n = 4) | S | ±1.8 | ±18.1 | ±5.6 | ±2.5 | ±1.8 | ±244 |
| SAO | Mean | 13.7 | 83.5 | 29.1 | 35.0 | 16.7 | 142 |
| (n = 5) | S | ±2.8 | ±19.1 | ±5.7 | ±1.4 | ±3.5 | ±155 |
| Pyknocytosis | Mean | 7.8 | 98.8 | 33.0 | 33.5 | 17.9 | 185 |
| (n = 7) | S | ±1.5 | ±6.1 | ±1.2 | ±1.5 | ±2.5 | ±110 |
HS: Hereditary spherocytosis; HE: hereditary elliptocytosis; HPP: pyropoikilocytosis; AIHA: auto-immune hemolytic anemia; SAO: South east Asian Ovalocytosis; Hb: hemoglobin; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MHC: mean hemoglobin content; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW: red cell volume distribution.
S: standard deviation.