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Appendix 1 Normal values / 425

Males Females Males and females
Haemoglobin 13.5 – 17.5 g/Dl 11.5 – 15.5 g/dL
12
12

Red cells (erythrocytes) 4.5 – 6.5 × 10 /L 3.9 – 5.6 × 10 /L
PCV (haematocrit) 40 – 52% 36 – 48%
MCV 80 – 95 fL
MCH 27 – 34 pg
MCHC 20 – 35 g/dL
White cells (leucocytes)
9
total 4.0 – 11.0 × 10 /L

neutrophils 2.5 – 7.5 × 10 /L
9

9
lymphocytes 1.5 – 3.5 × 10 /L

monocytes 0.2 – 0.8 × 10 /L
9

9

eosinophils 0.04 – 0.44 × 10 /L
9
basophils 0.01 – 0.1 × 10 /L

9
Platelets 150 – 400 × 10 /L

Red cell mass 30 ± 5 mL/kg 27 ± 5 mL/kg

Plasma volume 45 ± 5 mL/kg 45 ± 5 mL/kg

Serum iron 10 – 30 μ mol/L

Total iron - binding capacity 40 – 75 μ mol/L (2.0 – 4.0 g/L
as transferrin)

Serum ferritin * 40 – 340 μ g/L 14 – 150 μ g/L

Serum vitamin B 12 * 160 – 925 ng/L

(20 – 680 pmol/L)

Serum folate * 3.0 – 15.0 μ g/L
(4 – 30 nmol/L)

Red cell folate * 160 – 640 μ g/L
(360 – 1460 nmol/L)
MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular
volume; PCV, packed cell volume.
* Normal ranges differ with different commercial kits.