. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2019 Jun 17;26(8):e12550. doi: 10.1111/micc.12550

Table 2.

Red Blood Cell Count and Red Blood Cell Indices.

Group	RBC (x10⁶/μL)	Hgb (g/dL)	Hct (%)
1-month	6.2±.01^*	12.0±0.3^*	36.0±0.8
6-months	7.6±0.1	13.3±0.2	36.9±1.6
12-months	8.0±0.1	14.0±0.2	38.0±3.8
18-months	7.5±0.4	13.9±0.7	40.6±1.8
24-months	7.0±0.4^**	13.9±0.4	40.5±1.0

Group	MCV (fL)	MCH (pg)	MCHC (g/dL)	RDW (%)
1-month	58.0±0.9^**	19.3±0.2^**	33.4±0.5	14.3±1.3
6-months	51.3±0.2	18.2±0.6	34.4±0.3	15.6±0.4
12-months	47.0±4.7	17.0±0.1	30.2±3.0	15.9±0.4
18-months	54.3±0.9	18.4±0.3	33.9±0.3	15.0±0.9
24-months	53.5±0.3	18.3±0.2	34.0±0.4	14.5±0.5

Values represent Means ± S.E.

p<0.05 vs. all other groups;

^**

p<0.05 vs. 12-months. 1-month, n=11; 6-months, n=10; 12-months, n=12; 18-months, n=11; 24-months, n=12.