Variable Before operation (mean ± SD) P value After operation (mean ± SD) P value   General anesthesia Spinal anesthesia General anesthesia Spinal anesthesia TWBCs (×109/L) 9.78 ± 2.514 9.86 ± 2.478 0.714 11.676 ± 2.91 10.29 ± 2.464 0.011* RBCs (×1012/L) 4.07 ± 0.317 4.11 ± 0.345 0.499 3.71 ± 0.421 3.86 ± 0.306 0.363 Hemoglobin (g/L) 12.33 ± 3.477 11.35 ± 1.792 0.868 10.63 ± 1.63 10.72 ± 1.501 0.674 Platelets count (×109/L) 206.08 ± 80.235 185.4 ± 40.234 0.035* 196.28 ± 56.523 174.8 ± 46.377 0.308 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) ND ND ND 111.88 ± 14.712 110.92 ± 20.093 0.67 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) ND ND ND 68.28 ± 10.706 65.6 ± 13.048 0.862 *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); **ND: Not Done

Table 1: Difference in the mean ± SD between participants subjected to spinal and general anesthesia before and after the caesarean section.