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Table 4 Monthly and quarterly reference intervals for hemoglobin and mean capsular volume

From: Reference intervals for hemoglobin and mean corpuscular volume in an ethnically diverse community sample of Canadian children 2 to 36 months

Age

Reference Intervals [90% CI]

Hemoglobin

Mean Capsular Volume (MCV)

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Year 1

First Quarter

94.5 (90.1–98.9)

130.0 (125.6–134.4)

78.1 (75.4–80.7)

99.5 (96.8–102.2)

  Month 1

  Month 2

101.0 (100.2–103.0)

127.7 (122.1–133.3)

79.1 (76.5–81.6)

95.5 (93.0–98.1)

  Month 3

Second Quarter

102.6 (100.7-104.5)

130.5 (128.6–132.4)

70.6 (69.6–71.6)

85.1 (84.1–86.1)

  Month 4

102.4 (98.9-106.0)

129.3 (125.7–132.8)

73.4 (71.6–75.1)

86.9 (85.1–88.6)

  Month 5

  Month 6

102.8 (100.4-105.2)

130.9 (128.5–133.3)

70.0 (68.9–71.2)

83.5 (82.4–84.7)

Third Quarter

100.4 (99.1-101.7)

129.8 (128.5–131.2)

71.0 (70.4–71.6)

84.8 (84.2–85.4)

  Month 7

100.4 (97.0-103.8)

127.7 (124.3–131.1)

71.3 (69.7–73.0)

84.5 (82.9–86.1)

  Month 8

97.3 (93.3-104.3)

126.8 (119.1–133.8)

69.0 (66.0–72.0)

85.8 (82.8–88.7)

  Month

100.3 (98.7-101.8)

130.4 (128.9–132.0)

71.1 (70.4–71.8)

84.8 (84.1–85.5)

Fourth Quarter

101.7 (100.6-102.9)

133.1 (132.0–134.3)

71.0 (70.6–71.5)

84.1 (83.7–84.6)

  Month 10

100.3 (97.8-102.7)

132.8 (130.4–135.3)

70.5 (69.4–71.6)

84.1 (N/A, N/A)a

  Month 11

103.6 (99.0-108.2)

127.3 (122.6–131.9)

69.7 (66.9–72.6)

83.8 (80.9–86.6)

  Month 12

102.2 (100.8-103.5)

133.5 (132.1–134.8)

71.3 (70.8–71.8)

83.8 (83.3–84.3)

Year 2

First Quarter

103.0 (101.6-104.4)

133.7 (132.3–135.1)

69.9 (69.2–70.6)

85.0 (84.3–85.7)

  Month 13

102.2 (100.0-104.5)

131.6 (129.4–133.9)

69.3 (68.1–70.5)

85.3 (84.0–86.5)

  Month 14

96.7 (91.5-101.8)

137.0 (131.9–142.2)

68.9 (66.7–71.1)

86.5 (84.3–88.7)

  Month 15

105.5 (103.7-107.2)

133.7 (132.0–135.5)

70.5 (69.6–71.3)

84.5 (83.7–85.4)

Second Quarter

102.7 (101.3-104.0)

134.0 (132.7–135.4)

69.9 (69.3–70.5)

82.7 (82.2–83.4)

  Month 16

107.3 (104.9-109.7)

131.4 (129.0–133.8)

69.3 (67.9–71.0)

83.8 (82.4–85.1)

  Month 17

102.2 (97.4-107.1)

130.0 (N/A, N/A)a

68.7 (66.0–71.4)

86.8 (84.1–89.5)

  Month 18

101.6 (99.9-103.3)

134.6 (132.9–136.3)

68.3 (67.7–70.8)

83.1 (82.5–83.8)

Third Quarter

104.8 (103.0106.4)

134.9 (133.1–136.8)

70.2 (69.4–71.0)

81.9 (81.6–82.8)

  Month 19

105.3 (103.1-107.5)

134.6 (132.4–136.8)

70.3 (69.3–71.3)

83.3 (82.3–84.3)

  Month 20

103.2 (98.9-107.6)

135.7 (131.4–140.1)

69.0 (67.0–71.0)

84.1 (82.1–86.1)

  Month 21

103.7 (97.1-110.4)

136.4 (129.7–143.1)

73.1 (71.6–74.6)

80.1 (78.6–81.6)

Fourth Quarter

105.7 (104.7-106.6)

132.1 (131.0–133.3)

68.9 (67.4–69.2)

83.4 (82.4–84.3)

  Month 22

107.3 (102.6-112.0)

136.8 (132.1–141.5)

70.0 (67.5–72.6)

85.4 (82.8–88.0)

  Month 23

103.0 (96.91-09.2)

134.2 (128.1–140.4)

71.3 (68.6–73.9)

83.8 (81.1–86.5)

  Month 24

105.9 (104.7-107.1)

131.5 (130.3–132.7)

68.9 (67.4–69.2)

83.4 (82.3–84.3)

Year 3

First Quarter

106.0 (104.6-107.7)

132.3 (130.8–133.8)

69.0 (67.2–71.8)

83.3 (82.1–85.2)

  Month 25

106.0 (104.0-108.0)

132.6 (130.7–134.4)

69.6 (68.6–70.6)

83.9 (82.9–84.9)

  Month 26

104.5 (101.3-107.8)

131.9 (128.6–135.2)

71.9 (70.4–73.3)

84.3 (82.9–85.7)

  Month 27

110.5 (106.8-114.1)

131.0 (127.3–134.6)

72.3 (70.4–74.1)

82.9 (81.0–84.7)

Second Quarter

106.9 (104.1-109.7)

133.5 (130.7–136.2)

71.2 (69.8–72.6)

84.7 (83.3–86.1)

  Month 28

106.2 (101.8-110.7)

132.8 (128.4–137.3)

71.6 (69.6–73.7)

83.8 (81.8–85.8)

  Month 29

102.8 (95.6-110.0)

135.1 (127.8–142.3)

73.6 (71.2–76.1)

85.1 (82.6–87.5)

  Month 30

110.2 (106.2-114.1)

133.1 (129.2–137.1)

69.6 (67.0–72.2)

85.1 (82.5–87.7)

Third Quarter

103.9 (100.1-107.6)

132.1 (128.3–135.8)

72.6 (71.3–74.0)

83.0 (81.7–84.4)

  Month 31

100.6 (94.5-106.7)

133.9 (127.8–140.0)

73.0 (71.2–74.9)

82.9 (81.0–84.8)

  Month 32

  Month 33

Fourth Quarter

105.8 (102.6-108.9)

132.7 (129.5–135.8)

72.4 (70.8–73.9)

85.3 (83.8–86.8)

  Month 34

  Month 35

104.9 (99.3-110.5)

132.2 (126.6–137.8)

71.4 (68.6–74.2)

85.5 (82.7–88.3)

  Month 36

108.4 (104.5-112.4)

130.5 (126.6–134.4)

71.5 (69.1–74.0)

85.2 (82.8–87.7)

  1. Confidence intervals for non-parametric estimates cannot be produced when n <120