Table 6:Shows the correlation of manual peripheral blood smear examination and red cell indices obtained from an automated hematology analyzer.
|
Variables |
Red cell indices |
P-value |
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|
Normocytic normochromic anemia |
Microcytic hypochromic anemia |
Macrocytic normochromic anemia |
Total |
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|
PBS |
Normocytic normochromic anemia |
98 |
7 |
2 |
107 |
P = 0.000 |
|
Microcytic hypochromic anemia |
16 |
97 |
0 |
113 |
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|
Macrocytic normochromic anemia |
2 |
0 |
22 |
24 |
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|
Dimorphic anemia |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
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|
Total |
120 |
105 |
25 |
250 |
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