Table 1
Mean hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, and ferritin concentrations, by age group and sex, household population aged 3 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

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Table summary
 This table displays the results of mean hemoglobin. The information is grouped by age group (years)/ sex (appearing as row headers), hemoglobin (g/l), mean corpuscular volume (fl), serum ferritin (µg/l), arithmetic mean, 95% confidence interval and geometric mean, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group (years)/ Sex Hemoglobin (g/L) Mean corpuscular volume (fL) Serum ferritin (µg/L)
Arithmetic mean 95% confidence interval Arithmetic mean 95% confidence interval Geometric mean 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Total 3 to 79 142 141 143 90 90 91 81 79 84
Male 149Note * 148 150 90 90 91 128Note * 123 133
Female 134 133 135 90 90 91 52 48 55
Total 3 to 5 127 126 128 83 83 84 33 29 38
Males  
6 to 11 131 130 133 84 83 85 40 36 45
12 to 19 148Note *Note † 146 150 88Note † 87 89 58Note *Note † 53 64
20 to 49 153Note *Note †Note ‡ 151 154 91Note † 90 91 164Note *Note † 152 177
50 to 64 150Note *Note †Note ‡ 148 151 92Note † 91 93 166Note *Note † 148 187
65 to 79 147Note *Note †Note § 145 150 93Note † 92 94 155Note *Note † 138 175
Females  
6 to 11 132 130 134 85 83 87 42 38 45
12 to 19 134 132 136 89Note † 88 90 32Note † 28 36
20 to 49 135 134 136 91Note †Note ‡ 90 91 41Note † 38 44
50 to 64 136Note † 134 137 92Note †Note ‡Note § 91 93 85Note †Note ‡Note § 73 98
65 to 79 133 131 135 92Note †Note ‡Note § 91 93 89Note †Note ‡Note § 74 107
* significantly different from females (p<0.05)
† significantly different from ages 6 to 11 of same sex (p<0.05 adjusted for number of comparisons)
‡ significantly different from ages 12 to 19 of same sex (p<0.05 adjusted for number of comparisons)
§ significantly different from estimate for ages 20 to 49 of same sex (p<0.05 adjusted for number of comparisons)
Source: 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey.