A comparative cross-sectional study of some hematological parameters of hypertensive and normotensive individuals at the university of Gondar hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Correlation of haematological parameters with blood pressure indices among hypertensives individuals at university of Gondar hospital from October to November 2015

Variables	DBP (P-value)	SBP (P-value)	MAP (P-value)
WBC (10³/^μl)	0.362 (0.000) ^a	0.396 (0.000) ^a	0.371 (0.000) ^a
RBC (10⁶/^μl)	0.358 (0.001) ^a	0.303 (0.000) ^a	0.301 (0.001) ^a
Hgb (g/dl)	0.341 (0.000) ^a	0.282 (0.001) ^a	0.286 (0.001) ^a
HCT (%)	0.368 (0.000) ^a	0.284 (0.001) ^a	0.300 (0.001) ^a
MCV (fl)	−0.136 (0.130)	−0.147 (0.101)	−0.118 (0.189)
MCH (pg)	−0.088 (0.330)	−0.097 (0.282)	−0.074 (0.410)
MCHC (g/dl)	0.011 (0.904)	0.030 (0.742)	−0.003 (0.904)
RDW (SD) (fl)	−0.031 (0.734)	0.037 (0.685)	0.085 (0.346)
PLT (10³/^μl)	0.376 (0.000) ^a	0.373 (0.000) ^a	0.362 (0.000) ^a
MPV (fl)	−0.149 (0.97)	−0.062 (0.489)	−0.110 (0.220)

Note: ^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), P value derived from Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation coefficient

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