Magnitude of Anemia and Hematological Predictors among Children under 12 Years in Odisha, India

Table 3

Mean BMI-for-age -score and hematological parameters among children in Odisha, India.

Variables	Sex		Preschool children		School age children		Pooled children
BMI-for-age -score	Boys	63		85		148
	Girls	38		127		165
	Total	101		212		313
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	Boys	63		85		148
	Girls	38		127		165
	Total	101		212		313
Plasma ferritin (ng/mL)	Boys	49		75		124
	Girls	23		103		126
	Total	72		178		250
White blood cell count; (thousand/mm^3)	Boys	29		51		80
	Girls	17		42		59
	Total	46		93		139
Red blood cell count; (million/mm^3)	Boys	29		51		80
	Girls	17		42		59
	Total	46		93		139
Hematocrit (%)	Boys	29		51		80
	Girls	17		42		59
	Total	46		93		139
Mean corpuscular; volume (fl)	Boys	29		51		80
	Girls	17		42		59
	Total	46		93		139
Mean corpuscular; hemoglobin (pg)	Boys	29		51		80
	Girls	17		42		59
	Total	46		93		139
Mean corpuscular; hemoglobin; concentration (g/dL)	Boys	29		51		80
	Girls	17		42		59
	Total	46		93		139
Red cell distribution; width (%)	Boys	29		51		80
	Girls	17		42		59
	Total	46		93		139
Granulocyte (%)	Boys	29		48		77
	Girls	17		37		54
	Total	46		85		131
Monocyte (%)	Boys	29		48		77
	Girls	17		37		54
	Total	46		85		131
Lymphocyte (%)	Boys	29		48		77
	Girls	17		37		54
	Total	46		85		131
Thrombocyte count; (thousand/mm^3)	Boys	29		48		77
	Girls	17		37		54
	Total	46		85		131

< 0.05 for boys versus girls; < 0.05 for preschool versus school children.