Table 1.

Haematological parameters (results are presented as mean ± S.D.)

Parameter	Light collection	Dark collection	p – value
WBC	8.453 ± 2.924	8.224 ± 2.776	ns
LYM	2.162 ± 1.423	3.496 ± 0.996	*
MON	0.459 ± 0.252	0.452 ± 0.154	ns
NEU	5.832 ± 2.401	4.276 ± 1.901	ns
LYM%	28.85 ± 19.11	43.84 ± 8.63	*
MON%	5.53 ± 2.33	5.50 ± 1.45	ns
NEU%	65.62 ± 18.31	50.66 ± 9.40	*
RBC	5.475 ± 0.359	5.780 ± 0.236	ns
HGB	11.65 ± 1.08	11.67 ± 0.75	ns
HCT	39.24 ± 4.84	40.09 ± 2.76	ns
MCV	69.70 ± 4.86	67.30 ± 3.47	ns
MCH	20.71 ± 0.99	19.62 ± 1.26	*
MCHC	29.81 ± 1.96	29.17 ± 1.79	ns
RDWc	16.44 ± 1.56	16.70 ± 0.85	ns
PLT	165.4 ± 91.30	197.9 ± 73.36	ns
PCT	0.101 ± 0.058	0.114 ± 0.044	ns
MPV	6.06 ± 0.29	5.83 ± 0.30	ns
PDWc	29.19 ± 1.35	28.28 ± 1.70	ns

Abbreviations: total count of leukocytes (WBC, 10⁹/l); total count of lymphocytes (LYM, 10⁹/l); total count of monocytes (MON, 10⁹/l); total count of neutrophils (NEU, 10⁹/l); percentage of lymphocytes (LYM, %); percentage of monocytes (MON, %); percentage of neutrophils (NEU, %); total count of erythrocytes (RBC, 10¹²/l); haemoglobin (HGB, g/l); haematocrit (HCT, %); average volume of erythrocytes (MCV, fl); mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH, pg); mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC, g/l); red cell distribution width (RDWc, %); total count of platelets (PLT, 10⁹/l)); percentage of platelets (PCT, %); mean platelet volume (MPV, fl) and platelet distribution width (PDWc, %).