Table 1 Overall and trimester based hematological profiles of pregnant women (mean ± SD) in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, North Shoa, Ethiopia, October to January 2015
Complete blood count results | Over all | Trimesters (number of women) | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st (n = 46) | 2nd (n = 100) | 3rd (n = 138) | 1st and 2nd | 1st and 3rd | 2nd and 3rd | ||
WBCs, × 109/L | 8.79 ± 2.76 | 8.48 ± 3.09 | 8.83 ± 2.73 | 8.86 ± 2.67 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 1.00 |
Differential WBC count in # | |||||||
Neutrophils, × 109/L | 6.14 ± 2.41 | 5.56 ± 2.55 | 6.23 ± 2.48 | 6.26 ± 2.30 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.89 |
Lymphocytes, × 109/L | 2.02 ± 0.63 | 2.28 ± 0.75 | 1.99 ± 0.60 | 1.96 ± 0.6 | 0.040* | 0.01* | 0.63 |
Mid WBCs, × 109/L | 0.62 ± 0.25 | 0.61 ± 0.29 | 0.62 ± 0.23 | 0.63 ± 0.25 | 0.569 | 0.44 | 0.78 |
Differential WBC count in % | |||||||
Neutrophils | 68.06 ± 9.80 | 63.75 ± 10.14 | 68.07 ± 11.42 | 69.47 ± 7.89 | 0.01** | 0.000** | 0.67 |
Lymphocytes | 24.40 ± 8.36 | 28.83 ± 9.71 | 24.08 ± 8.66 | 23.16 ± 7.14 | 0.002** | 0.000** | 0.74 |
Mid | 7.37 ± 2.09 | 7.29 ± 2.14 | 7.42 ± 2.12 | 7.36 ± 2.08 | 0.98 | 0.868 | 0.85 |
RBCs, × 1012/L | 4.53 ± 0.73 | 4.68 ± 0.52 | 4.55 ± 0.82 | 4.48 ± 0.71 | 0.051 | 0.002** | 0.16 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 14.89 ± 2.45 | 15.06 ± 1.70 | 14.68 ± 2.56 | 14.99 ± 2.58 | 0.41 | 0.441 | 0.767 |
Hematocrit (%) | 42.50 ±6.59 | 42.88 ± 4.62 | 42.08 ± 6.46 | 42.68 ± 7.23 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.99 |
MCV (fL) | 94.07 ± 6.99 | 91.93 ± 3.83 | 93.46 ± 6.75 | 95.23 ± 7.76 | 0.012* | 0.000** | 0.02* |
MCH (pg) | 33.08 ± 2.48 | 32.3 ± 1.44 | 32.79 ± 2.82 | 33.55 ± 2.41 | 0.02* | 0.000** | 0.03* |
MCHC (g/dL) | 35.10 ± 1.09 | 35.12 ± 0.95 | 35.09 ± 1.26 | 35.09 ± 1.03 | 0.76 | 0.99 | 0.78 |
RDW (%) | 13.92 ±2.17 | 13.92 ± 3.58 | 13.78 ± 1.42 | 14.03 ± 2.01 | 0.08 | 0.02* | 0.38 |
Platelet count (× 109/L) | 242.85 ± 83.90 | 272.91 ± 89.17 | 253.19 ± 96.14 | 225.33 ± 67.53 | 0.09 | 0.001** | 0.057 |
MPV (fL) | 8.45 ± 0.89 | 8.45 ± 0.84 | 8.36 ± 0.86 | 8.52 ± 0.94 | 0.42 | 0.85 | 0.236 |