Table 1 Descriptive statistics, differences between groups and estimated reference intervals for haematological variables. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or median (minimum-maximum)

Hb (g/dL)

6.03 ± 1.02

3.56-7.74

61

8.84 ± 2.0

4.32-13.31

64

<0.0001

HCT (%)

20 ± 3

13-25

61

29 ± 6

16-41

64

<0.0001

CH (pg)

16.85 (14.10–22.30)

14.30–21.82

66

14.0 (9.0–19.0)

9.3–18.9

64

<0.0001

CHm (pg)

18.3 (16.1–22.4)

16.27–22.01

50

15.4 ± 1.5

12.7–18.8

33

<0.0001

CHDW (pg)

3.72 (2.90–5.84)

3.01–5.71

66

3.99 ± 0.66

2.66–5.33

64

0.3541

CHDWm (pg)

3.36 (2.82–5.47)

2.83–5.34

50

4.78 (2.61–5.55)

2.61–5.50

33

<0.0001

RBC (10⁶/μL)

3.26 ± 0.52

1.88–4.11

61

6.08 ± 0.93

4.08–8.17

64

<0.0001

MCV (fL)

61.97 ± 5.39

51.41–73.65

61

48.5 (32.4–61.5)

34.2–61.3

64

<0.0001

MCVm (fL)

65.9 ± 4.5

56.4–74.9

50

52.9 ± 3.9

45.3–60.5

33

<0.0001

MCHC (g/dL)

30.0. ± 1.6

26.1–32.7

61

29.9 ± 1.59

26.5–33.6

63

0.9606

MCH (pg)

18.50 ± 1.36

15.45–21.54

61

14.8 (9.1–20.2)

9.4–19.8

64

<0.0001

CHCM (g/dL)

27.35 ± 1.11

24.84–29.13

66

28.35 ± 1.60

25.13–31.62

64

0.0003

CHCMm (g/dL)

28.2 (26.7–30.8)

26.8–30.8

50

28.6 (26.8–30.9)

26.8–30.9

33

0.5389

RDW (%)

18.8 (15.8–25.7)

15.9–25.7

56

26.5 (13.5–38.5)

13.5–38.0

64

<0.0001

RDWm (%)

15.9 (14.2–25.7)

14.2–25.1

50

25.5 (12.7–32.2)

12.7–32.0

33

<0.0001

HDW (g/dL)

2.89 (2.28–4.13)

2.29–3.93

66

2.63 ± 0.40

2.02–3.50

64

<0.0001

HDWm (g/dL)

2.60 (2.14–3.68)

2.16–3.63

50

2.73 ± 1.99–3.28

1.99–3.28

33

0.1685

WBC (10³/μL)

7.47 (4.39–12.58)

4.50–12.55

58

11.6 ± 3.2

5.6–18.5

58

<0.0001

neutrophil (%)

44.71 ± 9.66

22.77–61.33

60

35.3 ± 15.0

10.8–70.6

63

0.0001

lymphocyte (%)

49.30 ± 9.49

33.45–70.86

60

57.9 ± 14.5

26.2–82.9

64

0.0005

monocyte (%)

3.11 ± 1.13

1.10–5.85

59

4.4 ± 1.5

1.4–8.3

64

<0.0001

eosinophil (%)

0.5 (0.1–3.1)

0–2.3

57

0.6 (0.1–7.6)

0–1.9

64

0.5699

basophil (%)

0.41 ± 0.16

0–0.79

60

0.4 (0.2–1.2)

0–0.9

63

0.1183

neutrophil (10³/μL)

3.17 ± 0.98

1.15–5.43

54

3.5 (0.8–9.9)

0.8–9.7

61

0.1472

lymphocyte (10³/μL)

3.85 ± 1.11

1.91–6.45

58

6.6 ± 2.4

2.7–12.8

60

<0.0001

monocyte (10³/μL)

0.23 (0.07–0.7)

0.075–0.68

59

0.4 (0.1–1.1)

0.1–1.1

59

<0.0001

eosinophil (10³/μL)

0.04 (0.01–0.48)

0–0.28

60

0.07 (0.01–0.38)

0.00–0.20

63

0.0014

basophil (10³/μL)

0.03 (0.01–0.2)

0–0.08

60

0.05 (0.02–0.33)

0.00–0.13

63

<0.0001

PLT (10³/μL)

594 (219–1142)

253–1286

61

503 ± 141

192–832

63

<0.0001

MPV (fL)

17.84 ± 3.78

9.99–25.32

61

8.5 (6.2–13.0)

6.5–12.7

63

<0.0001

PDW (%)

84.22 ± 8.32

69.17–100.30

61

60.40 (17.90–106.60)

18.59–101.98

64

<0.0001

PCT (%)

1.20 ± 0.50

0.29–2.52

61

0.40 (0.12–0.94)

0.18–0.91

62

<0.0001

MPC (g/dL)

24.5 (17.2–26.3)

17.81–26.30

61

24.09 ± 0.96

21.69–26.50

64

0.0182

MPM (pg)

2.84 ± 0.34

2.10–3.44

61

1.96 ± 0.22

1.58–2.45

63

<0.0001

PCDW (g/dL)

4.6 (4.0–5.7)

4.0–5.6

66

4.6 (3.8–5.9)

3.9–5.9

64

0.4354

PMDW (pg)

1.45 (0.99–1.62)

0.99–1.61

66

0.87 (0.61–1.55)

0.62–1.54

64

<0.0001