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establish reference intervals hemoglobin mean corpuscular volume mcv ethnically diverse community sample canadian children 36 months younger collected blood samples young children scheduled primary care health supervision visits 2 weeks 2 4 6 9 12 15 18 24 36 months age samples analyzed sysmex xn9000 hematology analyzer followed clinical laboratory standards institute guidelines analysis data partitioned sex also combined considered large age partitions 3 6 months well monthly partitions reference intervals lower upper limits 90 confidence intervals calculated data 2106 children included age range 2 weeks 36 months 46 female 48 european 23 mixed ethnicity hemoglobin 2 36 months age found wide reference interval 90 confidence intervals indicated little difference across age groups according sex mcv 2 7 months age considerable decrease reference interval lowest second year life followed slight increase last months third year life findings suggest adoption single hemoglobin reference interval children 236 months age studies children 4 months age needed target kids cohort registered clinicaltrialsgov wwwclinicaltrialsgov identifier nct01869530