Haematological Reference Intervals For Adolescents And Adults In Nakuru County, Kenya

ABSTRACT

The haematologic reference intervals are important in the assessment of health and

diseases conditions in a certain population and they vary with to age, sex, altitude and

genetic. The current study intended to establish the haematological reference intervals in

Nakuru County, Kenya. A cross sectional design was used where samples of blood were

collected from consenting participants. The number of participants recruited for the study

was 627 and they aged 13 to 18 years for the adolescents and 19 to 55 years for the

adults. The erythrocyte median and reference indices (RBC count, P