Abstract:
Objective: The objective of the current study was to establish the reference ranges of haematological
indices amongst five healthy infantile (< 1 year) age groups.
Methodology: It was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out at the Department of Haematology,
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi. Non probability convenience sampling was adopted
for the proceedings for the study. A sample size was 2000 which was equally distributed as 400 samples for
all the five age groups i.e. < 27 days, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month and one year. One thousands were males
and 1000 were the females. An informed consent from the guardian was the pre requisite of study, while
those candidates having an evidence of any systemic illness were not excluded.
Results: The values of haematological indices i.e. MCV, MCHC, MCH, PCV and RDW varies with growing age
of an infant. A decrease in all these values was observed from < 27days to one year of age infants.
Conclusion: A decrease in all these values was observed from < 27days to one year of age infants. The
values reported in this study can be used as a local reference for the newborn aged between <27 days and
1 year of age.
