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Table 1 Blood cell counts by sex

From: Differences in the haematological profile of healthy 70 year old men and women: normal ranges with confirmatory factor analysis

  

Red cells

Total white cells

Neutro-phils

Lympho-cytes

Mono-cytes

Eosino-phils

Baso-phils

Platelets

Men

Mean

4.8

7.1

4.6

1.8

0.57

0.18

0.04

257

 

Median

4.8

6.9

4.3

1.7

0.54

0.14

0.04

254

 

Min

3.3

2.5

1.4

0.5

0.18

0.0

0.01

107

 

Max

5.9

14.1

10.9

4.4

1.73

1.15

0.34

507

Women

Mean

4.5

6.8

4.3

1.9

0.48

0.15

0.05

292

 

Median

4.4

6.6

4.1

1.8

0.45

0.12

0.04

286

 

Min

3.3

3.0

1.6

0.6

0.11

0.0

0.0

131

 

Max

6.6

15.5

12.1

4.1

1.38

1.41

0.52

661

 

p-value

< .001

.002

< .001

< .001

< .001

< .001

.12

< .001

  1. Blood cell counts in 519 male and 508 female LBC1936 participants at mean age 69.5 years with p-value for difference (Mann-Whitney U test). Red cell count x1012/L, basophils x106/L, all other cell counts x109/L.
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