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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HAEMOGLOBIN AND HAEMATOCRIT LEVELS TO THE SEX, AGE, WEIGHT AND HEIGHT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NNEWI, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
Onwurah O. W.*, Ezeagwuna D. A., Ajuba C. I., Chilaka U. J., Chukwujekwu V. C.,
Eze H. T., Nwachukwu E. and Eze C. G.
ABSTRACT
Haemoglobin and Haematocrit determinations are routine laboratory tests whose values depend on many factors, including the age and sex of an individual. The decrease in these values leads to anaemia. Children are prone to infection due to their lifestyles and maturing immunity. The aim of this study was to determine the haemoglobin and haematocrit values in healthy school children living in Nnewi, Anambra state; aged ranged from 7 to 18 years and relate the values with their age, height and weight. A total of 1,200 primary and secondary school children, made up of 580 males and 620 females were used for this study. Their Blood samples were collected in Ethylene diamine tetra-amino acid (EDTA) bottle for haemoglobin and haematocrit estimation using Cyanmethaemoglobin and Microhaematocrit methods respectively. The height of the school children was taken with a meter tape placed on the wall without their shoes and recorded in meter, while their weight was taken with a weight scale and recorded in kilogram. The result shows that haemoglobin and haematocrit levels increase in both males and females as they attained a mean weight of 44kg and a mean height of 1.55m. Significant sex difference merges at 15years, with males having higher height, weight, haemoglobin and haematocrit levels than the females.
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