Laboratory Animal Research

Table 1 Sex specific reference range for hematological parameters in 6–8 weeks Wistar rats

From: Age-related changes in hematological and biochemical profiles of Wistar rats

Parameters	Male				Female
Parameters	n	Mean ± SD	Median	Reference range	n	Mean ± SD	Median	Reference range
WBC^a (10³/µL)	106	5.38 ± 1.62^*	5.10	2.45–9.55	104	4.89 ± 1.38	4.49	2.88–8.17
RBC (10⁶/µL)	107	6.61 ± 0.38	6.62	5.86–7.35	103	6.85 ± 0.38^**	6.82	5.97–7.69
HGB (g/dL)	108	13.14 ± 0.78	13.20	11.57–14.63	105	13.48 ± 0.6^**	13.50	12.10–14.70
HCT (%)	109	41.79 ± 3.01	41.30	35.85–47.75	105	42.80 ± 2.56^*	42.90	37.57–48.10
MCV^a (fL)	108	63.48 ± 3.21	63.95	55.41–68.58	102	62.76 ± 3.14	63.25	55.37–68.27
MCH^a (pg)	108	19.89 ± 0.89^*	20.00	17.96–22.03	100	19.65 ± 0.77	19.50	18.25–21.55
MCHC^a (g/dL)	109	31.42 ± 1.17	31.50	29.38–33.83	104	31.51 ± 1.34	31.45	29.49–34.35
PLT (10³/µl)	99	757.17 ± 120.76	762.0	467.5–1004.5	99	765.31 ± 122.70	754.0	562.5–1009.0
NEU^a %	106	9.15 ± 2.86	8.80	4.27–15.59	101	9.66 ± 2.93	9.40	4.61–15.05
LYMPH %	107	85.39 ± 3.88	85.50	76.84–92.01	100	84.88 ± 3.62	84.85	78.21–92.14
MONO %	104	2.63 ± 1.5	2.41	0.21–5.99	104	2.86 ± 1.64	2.98	0.32–7.54
EOS^a %	104	0.76 ± 0.33	0.69	0.25–1.72	101	1.02 ± 0.45^**	0.94	0.34–2.08
BASO^a %	109	1.73 ± 1.14	1.64	0.1–4.17	106	1.48 ± 0.95	1.41	0.10–3.47

*Significant parameters at p < 0.05; **Statistically significant parameters at p < 0.001
^astatistical comparison based on nonparametric test

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