Table 6.

Comparisons of median and 95% reference range with Eastern and Southern Africa (18), Tanzania (19), Togo (20) and Uganda (21) of African countries

Parameters	Gondar	Togo	Tanzania	Uganda	Eastern and southern Africa
	Median (95% range)	Median (95% range)	Median (95% range)	Median (95% range)	Median (95% range)
WBC (×109/l)	5.1 (3.2–8.8)	4.1 (1.9–10.1)	4.6 (3.0–7.9)	4.9 (2.8–8.2)	3.1–9.1
Neutrophils (Abs)	2.7 (1.6–5.1)	1.6 (0.5–5.4)	2.2 (1.1–4.7)	NA	1.0–5.3
Neutrophils (%)	53 (36–69)	NA	48.1 (32.0–69.1)	38.9 (22.2–59.3)	25–66
Lymphocyte (Abs)	1.9 (1–3.5)	2.1 (1.1–4.3)	1.8 (1.1–3.0)	NA	1.2–3.7
Lymphocyte (%)	38 (22–55)	NA	40.5 (20.8–56.7)	44.4 (26.7–61.2)	23–59
Mixed (Abs)	0.5 (0.2–1)	NA	0.5 (0.3–1.1)	NA	NA
Mixed (%)	9 (6–13)	NA	10.3 (5.6–19.8)	NA	NA
Platelet (×109/l)	264 (128–432)	239 (120–443)	244 (150–398)	218.5 (109–384)	126–438
MCV (fl)	92 (85–100)	84.5 (80–99)	89.4 (77.6–98.1)	85 (71–97)	68–98
RBC (×1012/l)
Male	4.8 (3.45–6.25) 5.0	5.0 (3.3–6.4)	5.21 (4.41–6.27)	5.0 (3.8–6.1)	4.0–6.4
Female	1 (3.53–6.93)	4.5 (3.1–6.0)	4.69 (3.84–5.59)	4.4 (3.3–5.3)	3.8–5.6
Hgb (g/dl)
Male	12.9 (11–16.7)	15.8 (10.0–18.4)	15.4 (13.7–17.7)	14.5 (11.6–17.1)	12.2–17.7
Female	14.2 (11.5–18)	13.0 (10.3–17.1)	13.5 (11.1–15.7)	12.8 (9.8–16.2)	9.5–15.8
PCV (%)
Male	45.2 (32.1–56.6)	42.8 (28.0–54.0)	46.6 (40.2–53.7)	42.6 (33.8–49.5)	35.0–50.8
Female	46.9 (36.2–58.6)	38.1 (28.0–47.0)	41.5 (36.2–46.8)	37.8 (28.3–46.8)	29.4–45.4
MCH (pg)
Male	28.6 (25.8–32.8)	29.7 (26–36)	30.0 (23.1–33.2)	29.2 (23.0–33.8)	NA
Female	29 (26.6–33.3)	29.3 (25–37)	29.3 (24.2–33.1)	29.5 (24.8–32.7)	NA
MCHC (%)
Male	30.8 (28.5–34.4)	35.1 (29–39)	33.3 (30.6–35.1)	34.2 (32.4–35.3)	NA
Female	31.3 (29.5–34.4)	35.1 (30–41)	32.7 (30.4–34.8)	34.2 (33.0–35.5)	NA
RDW (%)
Male	14 (12–17)	NA	NA	12.8 (10.9–16.8)	NA
Female	14 (12–17)	NA	NA	12.7 (11.0–17.3)	NA

Abs absolute