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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 5 INTRODUCTION 6 SURVEY AND SAMPLE COLLECTION METHODS 7 SOURCE OF DATA AND SURVEY DESIGN 7 EXAMINATION AND SPECIMEN COLLECTION 8 SPECIMEN COLLECTION 8 VENIPUNCTURE 8 SURVEY RESPONSE RATES AND SAMPLE SIZES 8 LABORATORY METHODS AND DEFINITIONS 10 DEFINITIONS OF HEMATOLOGICAL ELEMENTS 10 HEMATOLOGICAL NORMAL VALUES 11 LABORATORY METHODS FOR HEMATOLOGY 12 COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT (CBC) USING THE COULTER S+JR 12 CALIBRATION, CALIBRATION VERIFICATION, AND QUALITY CONTROL 12 DIRECT AND DERIVED VALUES FOR COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT 12 DEFINITIONS OF IRON AND IRON RELATED ANALYTES 13 NORMAL RANGES FOR SERUM IRON AND TIBC 13 NORMAL RANGES FOR EP 14 LABORATORY METHODS FOR IRON AND IRON RELATED ANALYTES 14 SERUM IRON AND TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY 14 TRANSFERRIN SATURATION 15 FERRITIN. 15 ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN 15 STATISTICAL METHODS 16 RESULTS 16 COMPARISON OF NHANES III WITH NHANES II. 17 RACE-ETHNIC AND AGE COMPARISONS. 17 LABORATORY COMPARISONS 18 DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED FINDINGS 18 HEMOGLOBIN (HB) (TABLES 1-3; FIGURE 1) AND HEMATOCRIT (HCT) (TABLES 4-6; FIGURE 2) 18 RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) COUNT (TABLES 7-9; FIGURE 3) 19 MEAN CELL VOLUME (MCV), MEAN CELL HEMOGLOBIN (MCH), MEAN CELL HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION (MCHC), AND RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH (RDW) (TABLES 10-21; FIGURES 4A-D) 19 WHITE BLOOD CELL (WBC) COUNT AND DIFFERENTIAL COUNT AND PERCENTAGE (TABLES 31-34; FIGURE 5) 19 PLATELET COUNT, PLATELET VOLUME, AND PLATELET DISTRIBUTION WIDTH (TABLES 22-30; FIGURES 6A-C) 20 SERUM IRON (TABLES 89-91; FIGURE 7) 20 SERUM TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY (TIBC). (TABLES 92-94; FIGURE 8)2 0 TRANSFERRIN SATURATION (TABLES 95-97; FIGURE 9) 20 ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN (EP) (TABLES 98-100; FIGURE 11) 20 SERUM FERRITIN (TABLES 101-103; FIGURE 10) 21 REFERENCES 22 FIGURES 24 LIST OF TABLES 40 NHANES III DATA TABLES 43
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Blood -- Analysis.
Blood -- Examination -- United States.
Reference values (Medicine) -- United States.
Hemoglobins -- United States.
Blood Chemical Analysis -- United States.
Erythrocyte Count -- statistics & numerical data -- United States.
Health Status Indicators -- United States.
Nutrition Surveys -- United States.
Statistics. mesh.