Preoperative Peripheral Blood Count in Breast Carcinoma: Predictor of Prognosis or a Routine Test

Table 2

Hb, RBC, and PCV parameters in relation to four stages of carcinoma and benign group.

Hb, RBC, and PCV parameters	Carcinoma stage				Benign group
	1	2	3	4
Hb (mean ± SD)	12.6 ± 1.48	10.4 ± 2.1	11.6 ± 1.35	12.2 ± 1.66	10.5 ± 1.65
Minimum Hb	11.6	4.9	9.0	10.1	8.2
Maximum Hb	13.7	13.5	14.1	14.3	13.2
RBC (mean ± SD)	4.45 ± 0.02	4.16 ± 0.88	4.3 ± 0.44	4.5 ± 0.55	4.5 ± 0.62
Minimum RBC	4.5	2.57	5.36	3.89	3.3
Maximum RBC	4.6	5.97	3.36	5.31	5.6
PCV (mean ± SD)	42.8 ± 3.39	33.6 ± 7.7	35.9 ± 3.6	38.8 ± 3.8	35.0 ± 5.5
Minimum PCV	40.4	16.7	27.0	33.1	27.2
Maximum PCV	45.2	42.7	42.4	43.5	44.0