Correlation of age and gender with red cell indices in Anemic patients (A hospital based study).

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the correlation of red cell indices with age and gender in a hospital based study. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Department of Pathology, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex Nowshera. Period: 1^st June 2019 to 10^th December 2019. Material & Methods: A Total of 298 smears were studied. Descriptive statistics for numerical variables and Pearson & Spearman correlation tests were used. Results: The Mean with Standard Deviation of age was (27years+ 16.8), Hb% (11+ 2.6 g/dl), HCT (36.06%+ 10.3), MCV (84 fl + 12.4), MCH (27.7 pg + 3.7), MCHC (32 g/dl + 2.06) and RDW (42.89 fl + 5.6). The distribution of all red cell indices was the same across the categories of gender groups (p>0.05). Age as a variable has an inverse statistically significant relation with HCT, MCH, MCV and RDW (p=0.001) but it does not have any significant affect on Hb% & MCHC. Hemoglobin had a mild to moderate positive correlation with other indices like MCV, MCH, MCHC, HCT (p=0.001, r=0.2 to 0.4), while it has no statistically significant relation with RDW, Age. HCT has positive correlation with Hb%, MCH and MCHC (p=0.001) and a negative correlation with MCV, RDW and Age (p=0.001). Conclusion: Gender has no significant association with red cell indices, However an increase in age has an inverse correlation with HCT, MCH, MCV and RDW.