Blood count
Hematocrit (HCT) — optimal range for vegans & vegetarians
Volume fraction of red blood cells.
Optimal range
38–50 %
How a value is read
Women
| Deficient | < 36 % |
| Below optimal | 36 – 38 % |
| Optimal | 38 – 48 % |
| Above optimal | 48 – 50 % |
| Markedly high | > 50 % |
Men
| Deficient | < 40 % |
| Below optimal | 40 – 42 % |
| Optimal | 42 – 52 % |
| Above optimal | 52 – 54 % |
| Markedly high | > 54 % |
Bands are given in the marker's canonical unit; values in other units are converted automatically.
Why it matters on a plant-based diet
The red-cell fraction of blood. Falls with anemia (including iron/B12 deficiency). Read together with hemoglobin and MCV.
A single marker decides nothing
Deficiencies mask one another: high folate hides low B12, inflammation inflates ferritin, low zinc mimics iron deficiency. VEGALYSIS reads the whole picture and explains the links.
Analyse my labsUnits
- %
- L/L× 100 → %
VEGALYSIS accepts any of these units and converts the value to the canonical one.
Names seen on lab reports
hematocrit · hct · haematocrit · гематокрит
Sources
Related markers
Educational material; not a substitute for a clinician's advice.