RED CELL VARIABLES IN YOUNG FEMALE POPULATION OF DEHRADUN REGION
Vineet Vishnoi, Upsana Raturi, D. K. Awasthi and Gyanendra Awasthi2
ABSTRACT
Background: This study aimed to assess the basic red blood cell variables and hematological indices in Young Female population of Dehradun region. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, blood samples of 30 female volunteers studying in Dolphin Institute, Dehradun were collected from May to August, 2022. Capillary blood samples were drawn and following hematologic parameters were measured: the red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin concentration (Hb), hematocrit level (Hct) and hematological indexes: mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean hemoglobin concentration (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). Results and Conclusion: All the Hematological parameters of young female students is found to be within the reference range of Indian healthy population and none of the parameter was too high or too low. Thus, as per our study the young female students were having normal hematological profile. The main Drawback of the study was that sample size was low and larger sample size is required in order to find out the reference range in the above region.
Keywords: Red blood cells, Hemoglobin, Haematological indices, Anemia.
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