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DIURNAL VARIATION IN HAEMATOCRIT VALUE IN PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Agboola A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00403.x
Subject(s) - diurnal temperature variation , pregnancy , variation (astronomy) , zoology , biology , meteorology , geography , physics , genetics , astrophysics
Summary A statistically significant diurnal variation in haematocrit has been observed in pregnant Nigerian women. Under conditions of rest, the haematocrit at 1500 hours averages 0.7 per cent less than at 0900 hours, with some individuals as much as 5 per cent lower.