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. 2021 Mar 22;21:200. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02128-7

Table 5.

Haematological variables (mean ± SD)

Reference
values
Active
n = 34
Inactive
n = 20
Active vs. Inactive
p level
η2
WBC [103/μL] 5.0–11.6 6.7 ± 2.1 6.5 ± 2.0 0.740 0.055
Lymphocytes [103/μL] 1.3–4.0 2.3 ± 0.6 2.2 ± 0.9 0.119 0.002
Granulocytes [103/μL] 2.4–7.6 3.9 ± 1.6 3.8 ± 1.4 0.851 0.076
LYM % 19.1–48.5 35.5 ± 7.6 33.7 ± 9.0 0.486 0.003
GRA % 43.6–73.4 57.2 ± 9.2 57.2 ± 9.0 0.981 0.000
RBC [103/μL]

F 4.0–5.5

M 4.5–6.6

4.8 ± 0.3 4.7 ± 0.3 0.209 0.054
HB [g/dL]

F 12.5–16.0

M 13.5–18.0

13.9 ± 0.7 13.7 ± 0.8 0.513 0.108
HCT [%]

F 37–47

M 40.0–51.0

39.5 ± 2.0 38.6 ± 2.4 0.201 0.031
MCV [fL]

F 80–95

M 80–97

81.9 ± 3.0 81.7 ± 2.6 0.950 0.048
MCH [pg]

F 27.0–32.0

M 26.0–32.0

28.7 ± 1.3 29.0 ± 1.1 0.395 0.054
MCHC [g/dL]

F 32.0–36.0

M 31.0–36.0

35.1 ± 0.8 35.5 ± 0.6 0.330 0.018
PLT [103/μL] 150–400 270 ± 60 236 ± 39 < 0.01 0.031

Abbreviations: WBC white blood cells, LYM lymphocytes, GRA granulocytes, RBC red blood cells, HB haemoglobin, HCT haematocrit, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean cells haemoglobin, MCHC corpuscular/cellular haemoglobin concentration, PLT platelets, F female, M male. The measurements in groups are compared by the one-way ANOVA or the Mann-Whitney non-parametric test (if the normality assumption is violated)