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“NORMAL” HAEMATOLOGICAL VALUES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Davis R. E.,
Kelsall G. R. H.,
Stenhouse N. S.,
Woodliff H. J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb88008.x
Subject(s) - range (aeronautics) , normal values , reference range , plasma viscosity , population , demography , statistics , medicine , biology , blood viscosity , veterinary medicine , physiology , mathematics , environmental health , sociology , composite material , materials science
The hæmatological parameters in 280 apparently healthy people, 20 of each sex from each decade, were measured to establish a “normal” range. The parameters included hæmoglobin estimation, PCV, erythrocyte count, MCV, MCH, MCHC, number of leucocytes, ESR, and plasma viscosity. The 2SD range proved to be a little wider than that previously used in this laboratory. The ESR was raised in a number of elderly people, and the results suggested that a larger sample would be required to determine the “normal” range for this parameter. The method of selection was thought to have certain advantages over the establishment of a normal range from the results of population surveys.