Research Article
Establishment of Hematological Reference Values among Healthy Adults in Bamenda, North West Region of Cameroon
Table 1
Sociodemographic factors, blood group, and body mass index of the study participants.
| | Variables | | Male (%) | Female (%) | Total (%) |
| | Age (years) | ≥18–30 | 142 (67.3) | 121 (87.1) | 263 (75.1) | | >30–40 | 50 (23.7) | 17 (12.2) | 67 (19.1) | | >40–50 | 14 (6.6) | 0 | 14 (4) | | >50–60 | 5 (2.4) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (1.7) |
| | Division of origin | Mezam | 98 (46.5) | 55 (39.6) | 153 (43.7) | | Bui | 24 (11.4) | 31 (22.3) | 55 (15.7) | | Momo | 27 (12.8) | 14 (10.1) | 41 (11.7) | | Donga-Mantung | 14 (6.6) | 5 (3.4) | 19 (5.4) | | Ngonketunjia | 14 (6.6) | 6 (4.3) | 20 (5.7) | | Menchum | 10 (4.7) | 5 (3.6) | 15 (4.3) | | Boyo | 7 (3.3) | 2 (1.4) | 9 (2.6) | | Non-North west | 17 (8.1) | 21 (15.1) | 38 (10.9) |
| | Blood group | O | 111 (52.6) | 82 (59) | 193 (55.1) | | A | 46 (21.8) | 28 (20.1) | 74 (21.1) | | B | 46 (21.8) | 25 (18) | 71 (20.3) | | AB | 8 (3.8) | 4 (2.9) | 12 (3.4) |
| | Rhesus factor | Positive | 205 (97.2) | 131 (94.2) | 336 (96) | | Negative | 6 (2.8) | 8 (5.8) | 14 (4) |
| | Body mass index | Underweight (≤8.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Normal weight (>8.5–24.99) | 102 (48.3) | 59 (42.5) | 161 (46) | | Overweight (>24.99–29.99) | 81 (38.4) | 44 (31.7) | 125 (35.7) | | Obesity (>29.99) | 28 (13.3) | 36 (25.9) | 64 (18.3) |
| | Total (%) | | 211 (60.3) | 139 (39.7) | 350 |
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Sources: compiled by authors.
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