Both long-term and short-term intrapatient variation is notably less than interpatient variation
Abbreviations: CV, coefficient of variation; HCT, hematocrit; HGB, hemoglobin; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MPV, mean platelet volume; PLT, platelet; RBC, red blood cell; RDW, red cell distribution width; WBC, white blood cell.