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. 2021 Feb;20(1):24–34.

Table 6.

Complete Blood Count (CBC) Panel

Laboratory reference rangea Baseline Day 10 Mean % Δ P valueb Cohen’s d
Mean SD Mean SD
White blood cell count (thousand/μL) 3.8-10.8 6.4 1.8 6.4 1.1 1.9% .900 -0.02
Red blood cell count (million/μL) 3.80-5.10 (F), 4.20-5.80 (M) 4.6 0.4 4.6 0.4 -0.2% .830 -0.03
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 11.7-15.5 (F), 13.2-17.1 (M) 13.8 0.9 13.9 0.9 0.4% .798 0.05
Hematocrit (%) 35.0-45.0 (F), 38.5-50.0 (M) 40.8 2.5 40.9 2.7 0.1% .984 0.00
Mean corpuscular volume, MCV (fL) 80.0-100.0 88.5 4.3 88.7 4.2 0.3% .405 0.05
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCH (pg) 27.0-33.0 30.0 1.5 30.2 1.5 0.5% .164 0.11
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin conc., MCHC (g/dL) 32.0-36.0 33.9 0.4 34.0 0.5 0.3% .409 0.27
Red cell distribution width, RDW (%) 11.0-15.0 12.5 0.6 12.7 0.7 1.4% .017 0.32
Platelet count (thousand/μL) 140-400 291.3 46.0 285.3 42.5 -1.5% .505 -0.13
Mean platelet volume, MPV (fL) 7.5-12.5 10.5 0.9 10.6 0.9 0.6% .573 0.06
Absolute neutrophils (cells/μL) 1500-7800 3664.9 1288.5 3577.9 1051.8 -0.1% .705 -0.07
Absolute lymphocytes (cells/μL) 850-3900 2038.0 569.2 2039.2 348.6 5.2% .994 0.00
Absolute monocytes (cells/μL) 200-950 516.3 163.4 559.9 117.0 12.6% .269 0.27
Absolute eosinophils (cells/μL) 15-500 157.4 90.9 146.0 90.5 -1.3% .515 -0.13
Absolute basophils (cells/μL) 0-200 45.9 22.7 54.9 17.4 51.0% .107 0.40
Neutrophils (%) N/A 56.5 7.1 55.2 8.1 -2.1% .519 -0.18
Lymphocytes (%) N/A 32.0 6.2 32.7 7.0 3.0% .711 0.11
Monocytes (%) N/A 8.1 1.5 8.9 1.5 10.3% .059 0.52
Eosinophils (%) N/A 2.7 1.7 2.4 1.6 -0.8% .403 -0.15
Basophils (%) N/A 0.7 0.4 0.9 0.2 47.3% .230 0.29

aQuest Diagnostics (Seattle, WA)

bP values calculated using paired t test.

Abbreviations: Δ, change; dL, deciliter; F, female; fL, femtoliter; g, gram; M, male; N/A, not applicable; pg, picogram; SD, standard deviation; μL, microliter.