Normal blood cells reference intervals of healthy adults at the Gaza Strip-Palestine. 2008

Mahmoud M Sirdah, and Issa S Tarazi, and Hesham El Jeadi, and Rami M Al Haddad
Biology Department, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza, Palestine. msirdah@hotmail.com

Hematological parameters are affected by different factors that include age, sex, smoking, ethnicity, and environmental altitude. It has been justified that each population must establish its own normal reference intervals to be used in clinical assessments and interpretations. Hematological reference intervals for adults from the Gaza Strip-Palestine have never been addressed. Therefore, this study was designed and aimed at the establishment of normal blood cells reference intervals for healthy adults at the Gaza Strip-Palestine. This study involved 89,491 apparently healthy individuals (from both sexes and from the different governorates of the Gaza Strip) who were referred to the Thalassemia Central Laboratory during the period from September 2000 until February 2008. Complete blood counts were performed. Subjects were categorized into subgroups according to gender, smoking habit, and age (15-18, 19-45, and >45 years old). For each subgroup, descriptive and comparative statistical analysis was performed for hematological parameters. The results showed substantial differences between males and females, between smokers and nonsmokers, and between the different age groups. Moreover, reference intervals derived from our population are markedly shifted downward as compared with Western European and American populations. It was concluded that separate and region-specific reference intervals based on gender, smoking, and age for the Palestinian population at the Gaza Strip should be generalized for clinical laboratories and clinical practitioners, which could help in interpreting laboratory hematological tests more specifically, and potentially develop the quality of medical care provided to patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008877 Middle East The region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988) Gaza Strip,Near East,West Bank,Gaza Strip (Palestine)
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001773 Blood Cells The cells found in the body fluid circulating throughout the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell,Blood Corpuscle,Cell, Blood,Cells, Blood,Corpuscle, Blood,Corpuscles, Blood
D005260 Female Females
D006403 Hematologic Tests Tests used in the analysis of the hemic system. Blood Tests,Hematologic Test,Hematological Tests,Test, Hematologic,Tests, Hematologic,Blood Test,Hematological Test,Test, Blood,Test, Hematological,Tests, Blood,Tests, Hematological
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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