borderline non-significantp = 0.05
Despite being within normal, irrespectively of gender, HCT percentage was significantly higher in the S group than in the NS group (48.10% versus 46.85%, p = 0.03) while RBC and HBG were borderline non-significant among these subgroups ( p = 0.05 and p = 0.07, respectively; Table 2 ).