Evaluation of Immunomodulatory and Hematologic Cell Outcome in Heroin/Opioid Addicts
Table 1
Erythrocyte series and serum iron profile parameters of groups.
Laboratory parameters
Statistic+
HG (n=51)
CG (n=50)
p-value
Red Blood Cell Count (RBC, M/uL)
Mean ± Sd
4.88±0.49
5.32±0.43
97.97
≤0.001#
Hemoglobin (HGB, g/dl)
Mean ± Sd
14.60±1.28
15.45±1.26
98.98
0.001#
Hematocrit (HCT, %)
Mean ± Sd
43.21±3.80
45.95±3.25
97.18
≤0.001#
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH, pg)
Mean ± Sd
29.98±1.45
29.08±1.96
90.12
0.010
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC, g/dl)
Mean ± Sd
33.81±1.16
33.57±0.94
95.56
0.257
Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW, %)
Med ± IR
15.60±1.20
14.90±1.97
95.65
≤0.001#
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV, fl)
Med ± IR
88.80±4.90
86.90±3.95
97.36
0.013
Serum Iron (SI, μg/dL)
Mean ± Sd
66.00±28.11
102.44±35.80
92.89
≤0.001#
Unsaturated Iron Binding Capacity (UIBC, μg/dL)
Mean ± Sd
246.08±58.42
188.17±58.45
98.95
≤0.001#
Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC, μg/dL)
Mean ± Sd
311.92±49.16
292.11±43.74
98.08
0.035
Significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed). #Significant at the 0.001 level (two-tailed). Division (Mean ± SD) for parametric analysis and Median ± Interquartile (Med ± IR) range for nonparametric analysis. -correction to the degrees of freedom (df).
