Table 4.
Comparison of the current study to other similar findings based on cord blood hematological parameters
| Hematological parameter |
RI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Ethiopia (N = 151) |
Saudi Arabia (N = 2163) [20] | Nepal (N = 210) [21] | Pakistan (N = 316) [25] | Lagos, Nigeria (N = 130 [17] | Mashhad, Iran (N = 447) [22] | Iraq (N = 220) [26] | Sagamu, Nigeria (N = 108) [23] |
|
| Total WBC | 7.64–22.16 | 10.9–21.5 | 10.49–19.4 | 9.7–17.7 | 7.9–18.3 | 5.16–18.2 | 7.32–12.92 | 4.2–25.8 |
| RBC | 3.69–5.47 | 5.1–16.3 | 3.67–4.93 | - | 3.52–4.62 | 3.61–5.29 | 3.53–4.47 | 4.3–5.9 |
| Hgb | 13.3–19.6 | 15.7–19.7 | 13.28–17.2 | 13.5–17.3 | 11.8–14.8 | 13-18.8 | 12.3-15.22 | 13-17.8 |
| Hct | 39.4–58.1 | 46.9–59.5 | - | - | 39-50.6 | 39.6–56.9 | 39.7–49.2 | 39.1–53.5 |
| MCV | 91.6-113.2 | 97.9-112.3 | 95.2-107.2 | 103.8–108 | 98.5-122.2 | 97.5-119.8 | 105.5-117.7 | 84.4–98.8 |
| MCH | 30.5-38.02 | 30.2–40.6 | 31.6–36.2 | 32.2–35.4 | 28.5–36.7 | 31.7–40 | 32.1–36.8 | 27.9–33.1 |
| MCHC | 31.48–36.5 | 27-40.2 | 31.7–34.9 | - | 28.1–31.4 | 30.1–35.2 | 29.03–32.86 | 31.7–34.5 |
| Platelet | 132.7–413 | 178.2–297 | 165.6-288.2 | 223–347 | 152.9-297.3 | 131–383 | 207–328 | 129–607 |
| Lymphocyte % | 14.2–58.3 | 16.5–37.1 | 23.7–46.7 | - | - | - | 29.6-49.98 | 27.8–49.6 |
| Neutrophil percentage | 36.7–79.5 | 50.3–74.1 | 51.5–74.7 | - | - | - | 39.8–62.2 | 45.9–67.7 |
| Lymphocyte absolute | 2.16–10.3 | - | - | 3.3–6.9 | - | 1.14–8.46 | - | - |
| Neutrophil absolute | 2.96–13.54 | - | - | 4.7–10.7 | - | 1.12–10.2 | - | - |
N =sample size