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. 2018 Oct-Dec;14(4):539–548. doi: 10.4183/aeb.2018.539

Table 4.

Comparison of mean hemogram and biochemical values of patients

  SS (n=32)
Mean ± sd
Non-SS (n=40)
Mean ± sd
P value
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 11.9±1.4 12.9±1.3 0.006
RBC (106/μL) 4.0±0.6 4.4±0.6 0.003
WBC (103/μL) 7.9±3.7 8.1±2.8 0.766
Hematocrit (%) 34.8±4.3 38.0±4.2 0.003
MCV (fL) 89.7±5.3 85.8±5.2 0.003
MCH (pg) 30.9±2.2 29.2 ±1.6 0.001
MCHC (g/dL) 34.4± 2.0 34.0 ±1.1 0.204
BUN (mg/dL) 17.6±8.3 15.0±8.6 0.207
Creatinine (mg/dL) 1.2±0.4 0.9±0.3 0.008
FBG (mg/dL) 84.2± 25.1 101.6± 36.5 0.025
Sodium (mmol/L) 135.9±7.4 136.0±8.6 0.954
Potassium (mmol/L) 4.1± 0.5 4.1±0.4 0.871
Chlorine (mmol/L) 100.5± 7.0 100.7± 8.4 0.918
Calcium (mg/dL) 8.8± 0.8 9.1±0.8 0.098
Phosphorus (mg/dL) 3.0± 0.8 3.7± 0.9 0.001
Magnesium (mg/dL) 2.0± 0.3 2.2± 0.4 0.213
ALT (IU/L) 24.3± 11.8 25.9± 16.5 0.645
AST (IU/L) 39.3± 23.5 32.3± 27.2 0.263
LDH (IU/L) 297.9±115.7 243.8± 84.3 0.034
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 144.2± 62.7 157.1± 95.2 0.549
Cholesterol (mg/dL) 210.4± 55.4 208.1± 71.6 0.892
LDL (mg/dL) 136.5± 54.2 121.3±49.2 0.275
HDL (mg/dL) 40.5±16.6 42.5±16.2 0.647
Iron (μg/dL) 61.1±32.9 58.8± 31.5 0.833
SDBK (ng/dL) 274.1±103.3 334.8±100.5 0.082
Ferritin (ng/dL) 140.0±86.3 97.9± 68.4 0.109

Mean: mean, sd: standard deviation, n: number, SS: Sheehan syndrome MCV: Midcorpuscular volume MCH: Midcorpuscular hemogram, MCHC: Midcorpuscular hemogram concentration, BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen, FBG: Fasting blood glucose, ALT: Alanine transferase, AST: Aspartate transferase, LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase, LDL: Low density lipoprotein, HDL: High density lipoprotein, SIBC: Serum iron binding capacity.