. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Food Chem Toxicol. 2020 Mar 9;139:111254. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111254

Table 3 –

Hematology.^a

		Dose
	Water	Low	Medium	High	BB
n ^b	9	7	8	10	6
RBC (10⁶/uL)	7.64 ± 0.12	7.58 ± 0.25	7.65 ± 0.13	7.75 ± 0.30	7.53 ± 0.62
HCT (%)	44.1 ± 1.71	45.0 ± 2.28	44.0 ± 0.93	44.6 ± 2.24	42.5 ± 2.74
HGB (g/dL)	14.0 ± 0.48	14.3 ± 0.52	14.1 ± 0.31	14.1 ± 0.62	13.4 ± 1.28
MCV (fL)	61.6 ± 0.98	63.7 ± 1.49	61.8 ± 1.65	61.5 ± 2.24	60.4 ± 3.78
MCHC (g/dL)	31.6 ± 1.09	31.9 ± 0.93	32.0 ± 0.39	31.3 ± 0.76	31.5 ± 1.38
RDW (%)	13.8 ± 1.06	13.8 ± 0.47	13.5 ± 0.70	13.5 ± 0.74	14.8 ± 2.96
WBC (10³/uL)	11.3 ± 2.41	10.3 ± 1.18	11.5 ± 1.59	12.1 ± 2.62	11.7 ± 2.20
SEG (10³/uL)	0.62 ± 0.22	0.78 ± 0.41	1.01 ± 0.36	1.06 ± 0.46^†	0.95 ± 0.38
LYMPH (10³/uL)	10.2 ± 2.44	8.9 ± 0.97	10.1 ± 1.64	10.6 ± 2.55	10.1 ± 2.41
MONO (10³/uL)	0.32 ± 0.16	0.49 ± 0.17	0.28 ± 0.15	0.38 ± 0.18	0.57 ± 0.21^*
EOS (10³/uL)	0.23 ± 0.16	0.18 ± 0.14	0.21 ± 0.13	0.17 ± 0.09	0.17 ± 0.10
RETIC # (10³/uL)	420 ± 95	475 ± 56	430 ± 86	408 ± 89	423 ± 134

Values are mean ± SD.

Several additional parameters (polychromasia, target cells, and anisocytosis) were examined and scored qualitatively, with all results considered normal; thus, they are not shown in the chart. Platelets were too clumped to count in most samples, so not shown in the chart.

Several blood samples were unable to be analyzed due to improper clotting. The total number of samples analyzed for each group is given by n.

BB = whole freeze-dried blueberries; RBC = Red Blood Cell count; HCT = Hematocrit; HGB = Hemoglobin; MCV = mean corpuscular volume; MCHC = mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW = red blood cell distribution width; WBC = white blood cell count; SEG = segmented neutrophils; LYMPH = lymphocyte count; MONO = monocyte count; EOS = eosinophils; RETIC # = reticulocyte number.

Significantly different from water control (p<0.05).

^†

Near significant difference from water control (p=0.072).