Research Article

Complete Blood Count Reference Intervals for Children Aged Less Than 1 to 12 Years in the Northern Region of Ghana

Table 3

CBC out-of-range (OOR) values based on comparison with URIT (Medical Electronics Company Ltd., China) values.

ParameterUnitURIT-5250 child RIs%OOR

RBC106/μL3.50-5.204.1
Hbg/dL12.0-16.082.2
HCT%35.0-49.046.4
MCVμm380.0-100.037.6
MCHpg27.0-34.080.7
MCHCg/dL31.0-37.054.6
RDW-CV%11.0-16.0100
RDW-SDμm335.0-56.02.1
PLT103/μL150-45018.5
WBC103/μL4.0-12.08.2
LYM#103/μL0.8-7.02.8
LYM%%20.0-60.03.6
MON#103/μL0.12-1.24.4
MON%%3.00-10.0015.5
NEU#103/μL2.0-8.025.3
NEU%%50.0-70.066.2
EOS#103/μL0.02-0.8010.8
EOS%%0.50-5.0027.8
BAS#103/μL0.00-0.1011.3
BAS%%0.00-1.0012.9