Table 1.
Descriptive of haematological characteristics among the study population.
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| (N=962) (%) | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 560 (58.2) |
| Male | 402 (41.8) |
| PCT test result | |
| Negative | 831 (86.4) |
| Positive | 123 (12.8) |
| Missing | 8 (0.8) |
| WBC classification* | |
| Leukocytopenia | 50 (8.2) |
| Normal WBCs | 872 (91.4) |
| Leucocytosis | 33 (3.4) |
| RBCs classification** | |
| Erythrocytopenia | 170 (17.7) |
| Normal RBCs Count | 751 (78.1) |
| Erythrocytosis | 41 (4.3) |
| Hgb classification*** | |
| Anaemia | 265 (27.5) |
| Normal Haemoglobin | 693 (72.0) |
| Polycythaemia | 4 (0.4) |
| Platelet classification**** | |
| Thrombocytopenia | 17 (1.8) |
| Normal Platelet Count | 895 (93.0) |
| Thrombocytosis | 50 (5.2) |
| Complete Blood Count (mean (SD)) | |
| WBCs (x103/uL) | 6.81 (-2.12) |
| Neutrophils (x103/uL) | 3.82 (-1.69) |
| Lymphocytes (x103/uL) | 2.28 (-0.73) |
| Monocytes (x103/uL) | 0.46 (-0.21) |
| Eosinophils (x103/uL) | 0.19 (-0.14) |
| Basophils (x103/uL) | 0.05 (-0.04) |
| RBCs (x106/uL) | 4.79 (-0.61) |
| Hgb (gm/dL) | 13.22 (-1.75) |
| Hct (%) | 40.01 (-4.81) |
| MCV (fL) | 84.03 (-7.39) |
| MCH (pg) | 27.77 (-2.94) |
| MCHC (gm/dL) | 33.01 (-1.26) |
| RDW-CV (%) | 14.21 (-2.13) |
| Platelet (x103/uL) | 275.97 (-71.01) |
*WBCs count of 4,000 to11,000 was considered normal.
**Male RBC normal ranges were 4.7 to 6.1 million cells per microliter (cells/mcL) and for females 4.2 to 5.4 million cells/mcL.
***The normal range for haemoglobin is: For men, 13.5 to 17.5 grams per decilitre. For women, 12.0 to 15.5 grams per decilitre.
****A normal platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood.