Table 2 Hematological parameters of HIV positive patients before and after initiation of HAART at University of Gondar Hospital Northwest Ethiopia from 2008 – 2013

WBC

5.62 ± 2.13

5.58 ± 2

-0.175 – 0.253

0.722

Lymphocyte

1.95 ± 1

1.93 ± 0.86

-0.101 – 0.127

0.822

Mixed

0.63 ± 0.33

0.6 ± 0.27

-0.05 – 0.062

0.096

Granulocyte

3.04 ± 1.61

3.05 ± 1.45

-0.159 – 0.151

0.958

Hemoglobin

13.65 ± 2.14

14.04 ± 1.75

-0.174 – (-)3.55

0.000*

Hematocrit

40.4 ± 6.34

42.15 ± 5.67

-1.05 – (-) 4.88

0.000*

Platelet

279.33 ± 101

289.15 ± 99.43

-20.789 – 1.156

0.079

CD4 cells//μl

251.72 ± 164.15

295.85 ± 155

-30.61 – (-)6.42

0.000*