Study of the Correlation between Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Red Cell Parameters

Abstract

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted in Alfasher teaching hospital, North Darfur, Sudan. It was carried out during January to March 2015 to study the correlation between the maternal and cord blood red cell parameters. Two hundred blood Samples were collected in ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) containers, 100 sample from pregnant Sudanese ladies immediately before delivery and 100 samples from cord blood during delivery. Red cell parameters were determined using automated hematological analyzer. The results showed that, all the red blood cell parameters were found to be higher in the cord blood samples than the maternal blood samples except for MCHC (Mean±SD:14.6±1.6 and 11.4±1.4 g/dl for Hb, 42±7.3 and 36.2±5.6 % for HCT, 4.2±0.7 and 4±0.7 ×1012/l for RBC count,106±8.1 and 84.7±8.2 fl for MCV, 34.8±3.7 and 28.1±2.7 pg for MCH, 31±1.8 and 32.3±2.2 g/dl for MCHC, 63.3±7.5 and 56.9±13.7 fl for RDW-SD, 17.1±1.9 and16.2±2.9% for RWD-CV, respectively). No statistically significant correlation was found between maternal and cord blood for each of Hb, HCT, RBCs, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW-SD and RDW-CV (P. value:≥ o.o5). In conclusion, there was no statistically significant correlation between maternal and cord blood red cell parameters.