Zafar Saeed Saify, Shafaque Mehboob, Muhammad Azhar Mughal, Khwaja Zafar Ahmed, Sajid Atif Aleem, Darakshan Saleem.
The Impact of Low Haemoglobin and High Lymphocytes as Risk Factors for Childhood Asthma.
Ann Jinnah Sindh Med Uni Jan ;2(1):18-20.

Objective: To determine the association between low hemoglobin and high lymphocytes level among children in a case-control study. Method: In this case-control analytical study sample size of fifty two (52) children’s was included. Among fifty (52) children 26 control (healthy children) and 26 cases (diagnosed asthmatic) children of age group between 8-12 years and their complete blood count was done by Jinnah laboratory. SPSS version 20 was used to analyze the data. Result: The total of fifty two (52) patients was divided into two equal groups as cases and control. Out of 52 patients 52% were male and 48% were female. Lymphocytes and hemoglobin was significantly high in asthmatic group as compare to non-asthmatic children and (P=0.014), (P=0.013) for lymphocytes and hemoglobin respectively. Conclusion:, Elevated lymphocytes support the role of inflammation in asthma. In addition to this asthmatic children were anemic too. Key words: Childhood asthma, lymphocytes, RBCs, biomarkers.

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