Common Hematological Reference Indices Among Healthy Reproductive Age Indian Women-Data Subset from Nationwide Study

Despite the negative implications on women’s health, pregnancy, and fetal outcomes, population-based studies on hematological indices among reproductive age women in India have received inadequate attention. This study aimed to generate normative ranges for various hematological parameters among these women. After ethics approval, apparently healthy (n = 5884) women (aged 18–40 years) were recruited from six eco-geographic zones of India. After various exclusions (n = 5412), including women having anemia, data of clinically, and biochemically healthy women (n = 472) was analysed to generate centiles (2.5 and 97.5th) and correlations. The mean age and mean BMI of women was 29.3 ± 6.5 years and 23.25 ± 3.26 kg/m 2 with BP of 112.26 ± 8.9/74.04 ± 6.7 mmHg. The reference intervals for hemoglobin (12–15.1 gm/dl), RBC (3.68–5.55 millions/μl), WBC (4.1–11.26*109/L), platelet count (1.32–4.42*105/μl), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (4.35–41.65 mm/hr) were different from currently used reference values ( p 2 displayed a statistically significant differences in parameters like MCV, ESR, eosinophil and platelet counts as compared to the women with HOMA-IR