ABSTRACT

Baking is a method of cooking food that uses dry heat, normally in an oven, but can be done in hot ashes or om hot stones. In this study, Red blood cells (RBC), Haemoglobin (Hb), Haematocrit (HCT), Mean cell volume (MCV), Mean cell haemoglobin (MCH), Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), Red cell distribution width (RDW), Platelet count, (PLT), Plateletcrit (PCT),White blood cells (WBC), Lymphoctes (Lymph) and Neutrophil (Neu) were determined in manual baking workers in Calabar metropolis. Sixty (60) baking workers were enrolled for this study as subjects while fifty (50) automated baking workers were enrolled as controls. Samples were analysed using automated haematology analyzer (HB7501), while blood film was used to examine the blood cells morphology. Results of this study show that the mean ± SD of RBC and MCHC for manual baking workers was significantly elevated (5.21 ± 0.64 (× 1012 and 58.90 ± 84.95 g/l) respectively when compared with the control group (4.80 ± 0.89 (× 1012 and 33.28 ± 1.41 g/l).

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