High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Levels in a Group of Syrian University Male Students and Its Associations with Smoking, Physical Activity, Anthropometric Measurements, and Some Hematologic Inflammation Biomarkers

Table 6

Participants’ hematological measurements grouped by low, normal, or high levels of hematological reference values of VCU reference ranges. Median of hsCRP levels (mg/L) and participants numbersof each group were shown. Damascus, Syria, April 2016.

Characteristic, unit	VCU
	[Normal range]	Low	Normal	High
		Median of hsCRP levels mg/L
WBC, 10^9/L	[3.7–9.7]	—	0.52 (93)	0.40 (8)
RBC, 10^12/L	[4.54–5.78]	3.76 (1)	0.52 (86)	0.48 (14)
Hemoglobin, g/dL	[13.3–17.2]	1.38 (6)	0.50 (94)	0.51 (1)
Hematocrit, %	[38.9–50.9]	2.07 (4)	0.50 (95)	0.41 (2)
MCV, fL	[81.2–94.0]	0.45 (27)	0.55 (73)	0.15 (1)
MCH, pg	[27.1–32.5]	0.52 (29)	0.50 (72)	— (0)
MCHC, g/dL	[32.5–36.7]	0.55 (16)	0.50 (85)	— (0)
Platelet, 10^9/L	[179–373]	0.35 (5)	0.51 (95)	1.04 (1)
MPV, fL	[6.1–8.9]	— (0)	0.58 (65)	0.43 (36)
RDW, %	[11.5–14.1]	1.80 (2)	0.50 (94)	0.58 (5)
Monocytes, %	[3.3–9.2]	0.52 (12)	0.51 (89)	— (0)
Neutrophils, %	[42.9–78.4]	0.24 (1)	0.52 (93)	0.41 (7)
Lymphocytes, %	[14.1–45.8]	0.41 (1)	0.56 (94)	0.18 (6)
ESR (mm in 1 hour)	[0–15]	—	0.50 (99)	3.42 (2)
	AHA
	[Average risk]	Low risk	Average risk	High risk
		Median of hs-CRP levels mg/L
hsCRP, mg/L	[1–3]	0.30 (69)	1.36 (19)	4.55 (13)

Hematological age-specific reference ranges established by Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University [17].
—: empty group.
The American Heart Association and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for hsCRP testing and CVD risks [13].
Note: Wilcoxon rank sum test, where it was applicable, did not show significance difference ( value < 0.05) between any group of participants and the overall group.