Table 4 Median and reference intervals for haematology and biochemistry values stratified by season, by age group and/or by sex

Total WBC (10⁹/L)

Female

11.3 (6.2–16.9)

10.1 (6.3–16.5)

8.6 (5.5–14.9)

8.5 (5.4–14.7)

11.6 (6.4–20.8)

10.4 (6.3–17.7)

9.3 (6.0–15.2)

8.8 (6.1–13.7)

Male

10.2 (6.0–15.7)

9.8 (5.9–15.8)

8.8 (5.3–14.8)

7.8 (4.6–14.2)

11.3 (6.5–19.2)

10.0 (6.2–17.2)

9.1 (5.9–15.3)

8.6 (5.7–13.8)

Lymphocytes (10⁹/L)

All gender

6.3 (3.0–10.5)

5.7 (2.8–10.1)

4.5 (2.3–8.3)

4.2 (2.3–8.1)

6.8 (3.5–13.5)

5.6 (3.0–10.7)

4.9 (2.6–8.8)

4.6 (2.6–8.1)

Monocytes (10⁹/L)

All gender

0.49 (0.10–1.37)

0.44 (0.10–1.24)

0.40 (0.09–1.10)

0.35 (0.09–0.94)

0.61 (0.09–1.46)

0.55 (0.08–1.34)

0.49 (0.06–1.23)

0.44 (0.05–1.11)

Neutrophils (10⁹/L)

Female

3.2 (1.3–6.8)

3.1 (1.3–7.0)

3.0 (1.2–7.0)

3.0 (1.3–6.7)

3.3 (1.4–7.9)

3.3 (1.4–7.3)

3.2 (1.5–6.8)

3.1 (1.5–6.3)

Male

2.9 (1.4–6.2)

2.9 (1.3–5.7)

2.8 (1.3–5.4)

2.8 (1.2–5.1)

3.1 (1.3–8.5)

3.0 (1.4–7.6)

3.0 (1.3–6.5)

3.0 (1.2–5.6)

Eosinophils (10⁹/L)

All gender

0.32 (0.05–1.31)

0.36 (0.06–1.49)

0.40 (0.06–1.69)

0.43 (0.06–1.90)

0.32 (0.05–1.31)

0.36 (0.06–1.49)

0.40 (0.06–1.69)

0.43 (0.06–1.90)

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

All gender

10.2 (6.8–12.7)

10.7 (7.3–13.3)

11.2 (7.8–13.8)

11.7 (8.4–14.2)

9.6 (7.2–11.6)

10.1 (6.9–12.0)

10.8 (7.2–12.5)

11.1 (7.6–12.7)

Platelets (10⁹/L)

All gender

478.8 (146.1–885.8)

433.6 (159.2–737.4)

397.8 (143.4–665.3)

375.7 (125.9–632.0)

530.9 (162.9–921.5)

487.6 (182.6–817.0)

449.9 (200.0–720.2)

421.8 (219.7–641.6)

Sodium (mmol/L)

All gender

140.1 (134.3–143.9)

140.4 (135.2–144.7)

140.6 (135.8–145.9)

140.9 (136.2–148.0)

139.1 (131.4–142.8)

139.5 (132.0–143.2)

140.0 (132.6–143.6)

140.4 (133.3–144.0)

Potassium (mmol/L)

Female

5.1 (4.0–6.5)

5.0 (3.9–6.4)

5.0 (3.8–6.2)

4.9 (3.7–6.1)

5.0 (4.0–6.3)

4.9 (3.2–5.9)

4.8 (3.7–6.8)

4.6 (3.9–6.2)

Male

5.0 (4.0–6.1)

4.9 (3.9–6.1)

4.8 (3.8–6.1)

4.8 (3.8–6.1)

4.9 (3.7–6.2)

4.9 (3.8–6.1)

4.8 (3.9–5.8)

4.6 (3.8–5.3)

Urea (mmol/L)

Female

1.9 (0.8–4.2)

2.5 (1.1–4.4)

2.7 (1.4–4.3)

2.7 (1.7–4.0)

1.5 (0.6–3.4)

1.9 (0.9–3.8)

2.4 (1.2–4.2)

2.8 (1.5–4.7)

Male

2.0 (0.8–3.8)

2.4 (1.1–4.1)

2.7 (1.5–4.3)

2.9 (1.8–4.3)

1.7 (0.7–3.3)

2.2 (1.0–4.1)

2.5 (1.1–4.6)

2.7 (1.2–4.8)

Creatinine (μmmol/L)

Female

25.8 (12.9–33.0)

27.6 (13..5–37.9)

30.0 (17.5–40.0)

32.5 (17.6–43.3)

12.4 (6.7–23.2)

15.5 (8.5–24.4)

18.7 (8.5–28.3)

21.7 (15.0–27.1)

Male

26.4 (17.0–40.7)

28.3 (15.4–41.6)

29.7 (14.8–40.5)

31.3 (22.7–38.9)

13.8 (6.7–24.0)

16.3 (8.2–25.3)

18.8 (9.9–27.0)

21.2 (11.9–28.7)

AST (U/L)

All gender

36.5 (29.2–61.8)

38.9 (27.4–62.1)

38.3 (25.9–61.7)

37.7 (24.5–61.0)

37.2 (17.3–64.7)

37.9 (17.2–65.2)

37.6 (16.7–64.3)

35.1 (15.2–59.4)

ALT (U/L)

All gender

16.5 (8.2–29.8)

16.3 (8.7–29.8)

16.1 (9.2–29.7)

15.9 (9.6–29.6)

20.4 (9.9–39.0)

21.8 (10.8–39.6)

22.9 (11.6–39.8)

23.6 (12.1–39.8)

Albumin (g/L)

All gender

39.4 (31.2–46.4)

39.8 (31.0–47.0)

40.3 (30.9–47.6)

40.8 (30.9–48.4)

36.8 (21.4–45.5)

37.5 (23.1-45.6)

38.3 (24.8-45.7)

39.0 (26.6–45.9)