|
|
Amount of this oxygen-carrying protein within a volume of blood
|
Men: 14 to 17 grams per deciliter
Women: 12 to 16 grams per deciliter
|
|
|
Proportion of the total amount of blood (blood volume) made up of red blood cells (plasma makes up the rest)
|
|
Mean cellular (or corpuscular) volume (MCV)
|
Average volume of a red blood cell
|
80 to 100 femtoliters per cell
|
Mean cellular (or corpuscular) hemoglobin (MCH)
|
Amount of hemoglobin per red blood cell
|
28 to 32 picograms per cell
|
Mean cellular (or corpuscular) hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
|
Average concentration of hemoglobin within red blood cells
|
32 to 36 grams per deciliter of red blood cells (320 to 360 grams per liter)
|
Red blood cell (RBC) count
|
Number of RBCs in a volume of blood
|
Men: 4.5 to 5.9 million cells per microliter (4.5 to 5.9 × 1012/L)
Women: 4.0 to 5.2 million cells per microliter (4.05 to 5.2 × 1012/L)
|
Red cell distribution width
|
Amount of variability in the sizes of the red blood cells
|
|
|
|
Number of white blood cells in a specified volume of blood
|
4,500 to 11,000 per microliter (4.5 to 11 × 109/L)
|
Differential white blood cell count
|
Percentages and numbers of the different types of white blood cells
|
Segmented neutrophils: 40 to 70%, or 1800 to 7700 per microliter (1.8 to 7.7 x 109/L)
Lymphocytes: 22 to 44%, or 1000 to 4800 per microliter (1 to 4.8 × 109/L)
Monocytes: 4 to 11%, or 200 to 1200 per microliter (0.2 to 1.2 × 109/L)
Eosinophils: 0 to 8%, or 0 to 900 per microliter (0 to 0.9 × 109/L)
Basophils: 0 to 3%, or 0 to 300 per microliter (0 to 0.3 × 109/L)
|
|
|
Number of platelets in a specified volume of blood
|
140,000 to 450,000 per microliter (140 to 450 × 109/L)
|
