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| Title |
Seasonal variation in haematological and biochemical reference values for healthy young children in The Gambia
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| Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12887-016-0545-6 |
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| Authors |
Joseph Okebe, Julia Mwesigwa, Schadrac C. Agbla, Frank Sanya-Isijola, Ismaela Abubakar, Umberto D’Alessandro, Assan Jaye, Kalifa Bojang |
| Abstract |
Haematological and biochemistry reference values for children are important for interpreting clinical and research results however, differences in demography and environment poses a challenge when comparing results. The study defines reference intervals for haematological and biochemistry parameters and examines the effect of seasonality in malaria transmission. Blood samples collected from clinically healthy children, aged 12-59 months, in two surveys during the dry and wet season in the Upper River region of The Gambia were processed and the data analysed to generate reference intervals based on the 2.5(th) and 97.5(th) percentiles of the data. Analysis was based on data from 1141 children with median age of 32 months. The mean values for the total white cell count and differentials; lymphocyte, monocyte and neutrophil decreased with increasing age, were lower in males and higher in the wet season survey. However, platelet values declined with age (p < 0.0001). There was no evidence of effect of gender on mean values of AST, ALT, lymphocytes, monocytes, platelets and haemoglobin. Mean estimates for haematological and biochemistry reference intervals are affected by age and seasonality in the first five years of life. This consistency is important for harmonisation of reference values for clinical care and interpretation of trial results. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 65 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 21% |
| Unknown | 19 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 February 2016.
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#1,968
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#23
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