. 2020 Jan 29;12(1):31–41. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_271_18

Table 7.

Descriptive statistics and test of significance for the differences between female and male smokers and nonsmokers for the total and differential complete blood count and C-reactive protein concentrations

Parameter	Smokers					Nonsmokers

	Group	n	Mean	±SD	P value	n	Mean	±SD	P value
WBC*	Females	17	7.45	2.23	0.127^NS	21	6.95	2.28	0.510^NS
(10³/µL)	Males	17	6.28	2.13	0.127^NS	21	6.51	2.06	0.510^NS
Neutrophil*	Females	16	3.79	1.72	0.159^NS	16	3.98	1.58	0.110^NS
(10³/µL)	Males	17	2.9	1.82		21	3.10	1.64
Lymphocyte*	Females	16	2.99	0.86	0.163^NS	16	2.65	0.89	0.602^NS
(10³/µL)	Males	17	2.61	0.66	0.163^NS	21	2.52	0.68	0.602^NS
Monocyte*	Females	16	0.57	0.14	0.476^NS	16	0.56	0.13	0.069^NS
(10³/µL)	Males	17	0.53	0.19	0.476^NS	21	0.65	0.16	0.069^NS
Eosinophil^,*	Females	16	0.18	0.12	0.457^NS	16	0.16	0.13	0.059^NS
(10³/µL)	Males	17	0.21	0.11	0.457^NS	21	0.20	0.13	0.059^NS
Basophil**	Females	16	0.03	0.02	0.198^NS	16	0.031	0.04	0.042^S
(10³/µL)	Males	17	0.04	0.02	0.198^NS	21	0.032	0.02	0.042^S
RBC*^,	Females	17	4.53	0.53	0.000^S	21	4.43	0.32	0.000^S
(10⁶/µL)	Males	17	5.52	0.56	0.000^S	21	5.21	0.22	0.000^S
Platelet*	Females	17	321	67	0.000^S	21	282	71	0.016^S
(10³/µL)	Males	17	227	42	0.000^S	21	236	44	0.016^S
Hemoglobin*	Females	17	11.7	2.3	0.000^S	21	12.5	0.9	0.000^S
(g/dL)	Males	17	15.5	1.4	0.000^S	21	14.4	0.9	0.000^S
CRP**	Females	17	7.40	4.52	0.655^NS	21	6.56	1.81	0.420^NS
(mg/L)	Males	17	6.70	1.10	0.655^NS	21	8.28	9.2	0.420^NS

S = significant (P ≤ 0.05), NS = not significant (P > 0.05) *t-test was used for the significance test **Mann–Whitney U-test was used for the significance test *,**t-test was used for smokers and Mann–Whitney U-test was used for nonsmokers **,*Mann–Whitney U-was used for smokers and t-test was used for nonsmokers