ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOMETRIC AND HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN HEALTHY FEMALE STUDENTS

ABSTRACT Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate into the status of various haematological parameters for healthy adult female students of Amritsar. Method: This study was under taken in reference to adult female students in the area of Amritsar, Punjab. A total 121 healthy volunteers whose ages ranged between 18–23 years, were investigated. All laboratory analysis was conducted under standardized conditions at the Haematology Section, Department of Zoology, B.B.K.D.A.V. College for Women Amritsar. Results: The mean Haemoglobin concentration (Hb) of students was 11.63 g/dl and Haematocrit (HCT) value was 38.82 %. The mean Red Blood Cell (RBC) count, Mean Corpuscular volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) and mean White Blood Cell count (WBC) in females was 4.78 x1012/l, 83.9 fl, 28.27 pg, 30.72 g/dl and 8.02x 109/l respectively. The mean platelet count was 255 x109/l. The female students from three age groups i.e.18-19 yrs, 20-21 yrs and 22-23 yrs did not differ significantly w.r.t various complete blood count (CBC) parameters. Females from age group 22-23 yrs had highest (12.05g/dl) mean Haemoglobin (Hb). The three BMI groups differed significantly w.r.t R.B.C. Count only. Keywords: Haematological parameters, CBC, Female-students, Anthropometric. REFERENCES Akramipour, R; Rezaei ,M and Rahimi, Z.2008. Prevalence of iron deficiencyanemia among adolescent schoolgirls from Kermanshah, Western Iran. Hematology, 13 (6): 352-5 Andrews, N.C; Ullrich, C.K and Fleming, M.D.2009.Disorders of Iron metabolism and sideroblastic anemia. In: Lux SE, Editor. Hematology of infancy and childhood. 7th ed. Philadelphia: WB. Sanders, p. 521-70. Chaudhary, S.M. and Dhage, V.R. 2008. A Study of Anaemia among Adolescent Females in Urban area of Nagpur. Indian J.Community Med , 33(4): 243-45. De Gruchy Gc.1989. The red cell; Basic Aspects of anaemia. In Fikin F, Chesterman C, Penning ton D, Rush B editors,De Gruchy ‘s Clinical Haematology in Medical Practice. 5 th ed, Oxford; Blackwell scientific publications; pp: 17-36. Desai, N. and Chaudhry, V.P 1993. Nutritional anemia in protein energy malnutrition. Indian Pediatr , 30: 1471-1483. Gilles, H.M. 1981. Haematology in trop ical Africa, Clini Haematology, 10: 697-705. Hawkins, W; Speck E and Leonard, V.G. 1954.Variation of Haemoglobin level with age and sex, Blood ,9: 999 Kapoor ,G and Aneja, S.1992. Nutritional disorders in adolescent girls. Indian Pediatr; 29: 969- 73. Pandey, S and Singh, A.2013.A crossectional study of nutritional anaemia among medical students in a medical college at Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. National Journal of Medical Research, 3(2):143-146. Sharper, A.G, lewis, P. 1971. Genetic neutrophenia in people of African origin. Lancet, 6:1201–1203. Toteja, G.S. and Singh, P. 2002. Micronutrient profile in the Indian population (Part-I). Indian Council Medical Research: 131-40. Verma, M; Chhatwal, J.and Kaur; G .1999.Prevalence of Anaemia in Urban Children of Punjab. Indian Pediatrics, 36: 1181-1186. Viteri, F.E; Tuna, V.D and Guzman, M.A. 1972. Normal haematological values in Central American population. Brit J Haematol, 23: 189-204. William, D.M. 1981. Racial differences of haemoglobin concentration; measured of iron, copper and zinc. AJ Nut, 14:1694-700. Woodliff, H.J; Kataaha, P.K; Tibal, eka Ak and Nzaro, E. 1971. Total leucocyte count in Africans, Lancet, 6: 1021-1023. Yu Quin, Allida Melse Boonstra,Xiaqun Pan, Baojun Yuan, Yue Dai et al. 2013 .Anaemia in relation to body mass index and waist circumference among Chinese Women. Nutrition Journal, 12:10