Hematological profile of normal pregnant women in Lagos, Nigeria

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Table 1 Participants’ (n = 274) trimester and educational level

Trimester, n (%)			Level of education attained, n (%)
1st	2nd	3rd	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
34 (12.40)	165 (60.21)	75 (27.30)	7 (2.25)	63 (22.99)	204 (74.45)

Table 2 Trimester-specific Mean Hematological Values

Parameter	Trimester
	Overall	1st	2nd	3rd
HCT, %	30.16 ± 5.55	32.07 ± 6.80	29.76 ± 5.21	33.04 ± 3.88
Hb, g/dL	10.94 ± 1.86	11.59 ± 2.35	10.81 ± 1.72	10.38 ± 1.27
WBC count, ×10^9	7.81 ± 2.34	7.37 ± 2.38	7.88 ± 2.32	8.31 ± 2.15
PLT count, ×10^9	228.29 ± 6.56	231.50 ± 79.10	227.57 ± 63.00	200.82 ± 94.4
MCV, fL	78.30 ± 5.70	79.70 ± 0.96	78.38 ± 5.72	70.02 ± 5.40
MCH, pg	28.57 ± 2.48	28.23 ± 2.40	28.63 ± 2.50	28.18 ± 1.92
MCHC, g/dL	36.45 ± 1.10	36.27 ± 1.21	36.49 ± 1.08	31.34 ± 0.75

Note: Data presented are mean ± standard deviation.

Abbreviations: Hb, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean cell volume; PLT, platelet; WBC, white blood cell.

Table 3 Results of Statistical Analysis

Parameters	P	F	Significant value
PCV vs gestational age	0.010	0.826	0.680
WBC count vs gestational age	0.001	1.337	0.161
PLT count vs gestational age	0.296	1.613	0.054

Abbreviations: PCV, packed cell volume; PLT, platelet; WBC, white blood cell; vs, versus.