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. 2016 Oct 21;11(10):e0164771. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164771

Table 2. Terminal blood hematology of rats fed with PC-hepc for 90 days.

CK LD MD HD
Males
WBC (109/L) 11.52±3.71 8.29±2.16* 8.71±2.56 9.7±2.16
RBC (1012/L) 12.1±1.38 12.36±1.49 12.36±2.21 11.61±1.49
Hb (g/dL) 161.83±7.53 169.33±5.5* 170.83±9.22 165±9.43
MCH (pg) 13.56±1.56 13.88±1.63 14.15±2.23 14.36±1.43
RDW (fl) 47.65±5.01 42.83±7.87 34.77±15.1* 49.15±1.66
PLT (109/L) 1256.17±149.94 1306.89±132.85 1291.5±199.7 1165.19±328.97
MPV (%) 6.78±0.23 6.56±0.24 6.83±0.41 6.67±0.43
Ne% 28.9±5.7 34.5±5.6 39.1±3.3* 30.6±4.2
Ly% 61.2±5.8 55.3±5.9* 53.6±4* 60.3±6
Eo% 2.17±1.15 2.01±0.99 2.04±1.08 1.89±1.29
Mo% 7.17±1.39 7.81±1.88 4.94±1.18 7.12±2.85
Females
WBC (109/L) 7.21±3.16 9.59±2.4 7.48±1.92 7.48±1.92
RBC (1012/L) 11.88±2.01 11.5±1.19 11.85±1.13 11.85±1.13
Hb (g/dL) 160.33±19.11 155.25±6.61 155.38±13.39 155.38±13.39
MCH (pg) 13.68±1.91 13.6±1.1 13.16±1.17 13.16±1.17
RDW (fl) 27.12±14.73 40.46±9.96 35.4±15.33 35.4±15.33
PLT (109/L) 1252±179 1261±179 1042±296 1042±296
MPV (%) 6.71±0.57 6.41±0.37 6.66±0.5 6.66±0.5
Ne% 32.5±6.9 26.7±6.6 27.9±2.4 31.9±8.3
Ly% 58.5±8.1 63.6±7.4 60±3.8 57.8±10
Eo% 1.87±1.85 3.29±2.12 3.3±1.79 2.2±2.33
Mo% 6.54±1.78 5.34±0.98 7.28±1.95 7.28±1.95

There were ten rats per group. Values are expressed as the means ± standard deviation. The superscript

* indicates significant difference compared with CK group (p<0.05). WBC, white blood cell; RBC, red blood cell; Hb, hemoglobin; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW, red blood cell distribution width; PLT, blood platelet; MPV, mean platelet volum; Ne%, percentage of neutrophils; Ly%, percentage of lymphocyte; Eo%, percentage of eosinophil; Mo%, percentage of monocytes.