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Table 3 Comparison of Haematological and Fibrotic indices between the Controls and HBV infected categories

From: Assessment of the performance of haematological and non-invasive fibrotic indices for the monitoring of chronic HBV infection: a pilot study in a Ghanaian population

Haematological index

Control (n = 150)

Acute HBV patients (n = 61) mean (SD)

Chronic HBV patients (N = 89) mean (SD)

P-value

Hb (12.0–18.0) (g/dl)

12.9 (1.9)

12.3 (2.1)

12.2 (2.1)

0.021

Total WBC count (4.3–11.5) 109/L

6.9 (3.1)

5.9 (1.8)

5.8 (1.9)

0.003

Neutrophils (50.0–70.0%)

57.4 (15.4)

45.8 (13.5)

46.1 (13.6)

 < 0.001

Lymphocytes (20.0–40.0%)

33.0 (14.2)

46.1 (13.3)

42.8 (12.9)

 < 0.001

Monocytes (3.0–12.0%)

6.9 (2.7)

4.6 (2.7)

6.5 (5.6)

0.001

Eosinophils (0.5–5.0%)

2.5 (2.8)

2.5 (1.6)

3.7 (1.5)

0.010

Basophils (0.0–1.0%)

0.3 (0.6)

0.9 (0.7)

1.4 (1.8)

 < 0.001

Platelets (100–300) × 109/L

222 (70)

192(46)

188 (58)

0.002

Hematocrit (37.0–54.0%)

35.4 (5.9)

37.5 (6.9)

37.2 (6.2)

0.076

RBC's (3.5–5.5) × 1012/L)

4.2 (0.6)

4.3 (0.7)

4.3 (0.7)

0.140

MCV (80.0–100.0fL)

83.9 (7.5)

86.4 (11.7)

85.7 (10.1)

0.490

MCH (27.0–34.0 pg)

30.9 (5.7)

28.3 (5.9)

28.1 (5.0)

0.010

MCHC (32.0–36.0 g/dL)

36.2 (3.0)

32.8 (7.0)

32.8 (5.2)

0.026

RDW-CV (11.0–16.0%)

13.4 (1.4)

13.5 (1.6)

12.8 (1.3)

 < 0.010

RDW-SD (35.0–56.0fL)

42.8 (5.4)

48.8 (9.1)

38.7 (7.0)

 < 0.010

PDW (9–17)

15.9 (2.3)

14.7 (3.4)

14.9 (2.5)

 < 0.010

PCT (0.20–0.35%)

0.22 (0.07)

0.25 (0.10)

0.26 (0.07)

 < 0.001

MPV (8.0–11.5fL)

9.8 (1.3)

13.2 (7.3)

12.2 (4.4)

 < 0.001

De-Ritis ratio

1.01 ± 0.41

1.09 ± 1.27

1.35 ± 0.84

0.038

FIB-4

0.87 ± 0.66

1.07 ± 1.12

1.16 ± 1.03

0.032

APRI

0.350 ± 0.27

0.39 ± 0.34

0.38 ± 0.29

0.010

RPR

0.06 ± 0.04

0.07 ± 0.05

0.08 ± 0.05

 < 0.001

  1. Data is presented as mean ± SD
  2. p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant
  3. Hb hemoglobin, WBC White Blood Cell, RBC’s Red Blood Cells, MCV Mean Cell Volume, MCH Mean Cell hemoglobin, MCHC Mean Cell hemoglobin Concentration, RDW-CV Red cell Distribution Width -Coefficient of Variation, RDW-SD Red cell Distribution width—Standard Deviation, PDW Platelet Distribution width, PCT Plateletcrit and MPV Mean Platelet Volume, APRI Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index, FIB-4 fibrosis 4 index, RPR RDW-to-platelet ratio