High Incidence of Moderately Reduced Renal Function and Lead Bioaccumulation in Agricultural Workers in Assin South District, Ghana: A Community-Based Case-Control Study

Table 2

Haematological profile of study participants.

Parameter	Cases	Controls	value
RBC (×10^12/L)	4.49	4.92	0.0002
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	12.50	13.70	0.0005
Total WBC (×10^9/L)	4.90	5.00	0.1730
Platelet (×10^9/L)	220.00	268.00	0.0085
Anaemia classification
Anaemia	31 (37.3)	10 (16.4)	0.0007
Normal	52 (62.7)	51 (83.6)
MCV			0.0564
<80 fL (microcytosis)	18 (21.7)	6 (9.8)
80–98 fL (normocytic cells)	63 (75.9)	53 (86.9)
>98 fL (macrocytosis)	2 (2.4)	2 (3.3)

Boldface indicates that RBC count, haemoglobin concentration, and platelet counts in cases were significantly lower in cases compared to respective values in controls; for anaemia classification, boldface indicates that significantly higher proportion of cases were anaemic compared to controls.