Table 4.
Alcohol exposure and iron supplementation minimally affected maternal hematology.
| CON | ALC | CON + Iron | ALC + Iron | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALC | Iron | ALC × Iron | |||||
| RBC (×106 cells/μL) | 6.55 ± 0.26 | 6.52 ± 0.23 | 6.60 ± 0.19 | 6.61 ± 0.45 | 0.878 | 0.502 | 0.856 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.4 ± 0.5 | 11.9 ± 0.4 | 12.0 ± 0.3 | 12.2 ± 0.7 | 0.478 | 0.866 | 0.071 |
| Hematocrit (%) | 36.8 ± 1.5 | 35.5 ± 0.8 | 36.4 ± 0.7 | 36.6 ± 2.1 | 0.254 | 0.508 | 0.174 |
| MCV (fL/cell) | 56.1 ± 1.1 | 54.6 ± 1.2 | 55.2 ± 1.1 | 55.3 ± 1.5 | 0.108 | 0.813 | 0.051 |
| MCH (pg/cell) | 18.9 ± 0.5 a | 18.3 ± 0.4 ab | 18.2 ± 0.5 b | 18.5 ± 0.6 ab | 0.368 | 0.180 | 0.014 |
| MCHC (pg/dL) | 33.6 ± 0.4 a | 33.5 ± 0.4 a | 33.0 ± 0.6 a | 33.4 ± 0.5 a | 0.386 | 0.038 | 0.214 |
| PLT (×103 cells/μL) | 859 ± 149 | 788 ± 118 | 881 ± 138 | 848 ± 130 | 0.265 | 0.375 | 0.677 |
| RDW-CV (%) | 13.0 ± 0.3 | 13.0 ± 0.4 | 12.9 ± 0.4 | 13.1 ± 0.5 | 0.493 | 0.930 | 0.594 |
| MPV (fL/cell) | 7.8 ± 0.4 | 7.7 ± 0.3 | 7.7 ± 0.2 | 7.6 ± 0.2 | Overall p = 0.452 | ||
| ZnPP (μmol ZnPP/mol heme) | 69.7 ± 5.2 | 65.2 ± 4.0 | 65.3 ± 3.6 | 66.7 ± 5.0 | 0.325 | 0.345 | 0.063 |
| nRBC (per 100 WBCs) | 204 ± 38 a | 157 ± 44 ab | 150 ± 57 ab | 100 ± 45 b | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.902 |
Values are means ± SD. Means that do not share a common superscript letter differ at p < 0.05. Significant p-values are bolded. ALC, alcohol exposed; CON, control; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MPV, mean platelet volume; nRBC, nucleated red blood cell count per 100 WBCs; PLT, platelet count; RBC, red blood cell count; RDW-CV, red blood cell distribution width coefficient of variation; WBC, white blood cell count; ZnPP, zinc protoporphyrin.