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Table 2 Hematological Profiles of pregnant women based on trimesters (Mean ± SD) in St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June to August 2014

From: Hematological profile of pregnant women at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Parameters

Trimester

P-Value

Overall

1st trimester PW

2nd trimester PW

3rd trimester PW

1st&2nd

1st&3rd

2nd&33rd

WBC x 109/L

7.93 ± 2.68

7.02 ± 2.61

7.83 ± 2.62

8.22 ± 2.68

.246

.018

.580

RBC × 1012/L

4.58 ± 2.34

4.61 ± 0.51

4.86 ± 4.78

4.46 ± 0.47

.836

.927

.475

Hb (g/l)

130.1 ± 16.4

136.5 ± 15.9

126.2 ± 17.2

129.7 ± 15.8

.002

.031

.275

HCT (%)

40.07 ± 4.15

41.59 ± 4.47

38.92 ± 4.47

40.08 ± 3.79

.002

.061

.126

MCV (fl)

90.60 ± 6.59

90.26 ± 5.68

91.24 ± 7.29

90.45 ± 6.56

.712

.982

.689

MCH (pg)

29.32 ± 2.72

29.58 ± 2.41

29.53 ± 3.16

29.16 ± 2.62

.995

.615

.618

MCHC %

32.33 ± 1.35

32.72 ± 1.42

32.30 ± 1.51

32.23 ± 1.24

.229

.070

.934

RDW (%)

13.99 ± 1.71

13.25 ± 1.22

14.51 ± 2.09

14.01 ± 1.59

.000

.017

.099

PLT x 109/L

249.36 ± 80.08

267.62 ± 100.89

254.02 ± 68.06

242.39 ± 77.29

.641

.131

.575

MPV (fl)

9.62 ± 1.37

9.48 ± 1.32

9.60 ± 1.61

9.66 ± 1.28

.888

.708

.957

Lymphocyte (%)

24.31 ± 8.64

28.42 ± 10.68

24.22 ± 8.16

23.18 ± 7.84

.025

.001

.674

MID WBC (%)

7.57 ± 2.34

8.07 ± 2.5

7.11 ± 2.12

7.61 ± 2.35

.986

.863

.707

Neutrophil (%)

67.72 ± 9.17

63.52 ± 11.27

67.91 ± 8.33

68.82 ± 8.52

.028

.001

.766

  1. PW pregnant women, P < 0.05 is statically significant
  2. MID WBC: which include Monocyte, eosinophile, basophile, and other midsized immature WBCs