Table 2.

Effect of Gum Arabic on blood parameters.

Parameter	Baseline level, mean ± SD	After 4 weeks, mean ± SD	After 8 weeks, mean ± SD	After12 weeks, mean ± SD	P value, mean ± SD
Hb	8.8 ± 2	8.2 ± 1.9	8.785 ± 1.69	9.541 ± 1.97	0.0357∗
MCV	85.85 ± 5.35	83.34 ± 13.58	85.55 ± 5.369	86.05 ± 5.27	0.4405
MCHC	31.89 ± 1.24	32 ± 1.4	31.6 ± 1.2	31.4 ± 1.2	0.1598
MCH	27.39 ± 2.12	27.34 ± 2.249	27.05 ± 2.2	27.05 ± 2.11	0.8492
WBCs	5.256 ± 1.962	5.497 ± 2.266	5.241 ± 2.09	5.869 ± 2.77	0.5916
RBCs	3.206 ± 0.83	2.998 ± 0.7267	3.237 ± 0.669	3.5 ± 0.67	0.0253∗
Platelets	181 ± 70.51	163 .6 ± 58.99	187.5 ± 82.29	186.4 ± 80.6	0.4622