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Table 2 Median and 2.5th percentile neutrophil counts of children by geo-ethnicity

From: Prevalence of neutropenia in children by nationality

 

Neutrophils × 109/L

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

1

2–7

2–4

2–12

2

3

4

5–6

North Africans

Median

5.8

4.6

-

2.7

2.6

3.0

3.1

3.8

 

2.5th

0.9

0.9

 

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.9

(171)

(84)

 

(252)

(363)

(132)

(104)

(108)

Peninsular Arabs

Median

9.0

5.3

2.7

3.4

3.6

3.8

3.8

3.5

2.5th

1.0

1.3

0.8

0.7

0.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

(2,585)

(969)

(529)

(5,929)

(4,782)

(2,187)

(1,399)

(776)

      

2 – 6

Green Crescent Arabs

Median

7.2

5.6

-

3.2

3.3

2.5th

0.7

1.4

 

0.9

1.0

(178)

(95)

 

(239)

(880)

Iranians & Afghanis

Median

-

-

-

-

3.9

 

2.5th

    

1.4

(57)

Indian Subcontinent

Median

7.5

5.1

-

3.2

3.2

 

2.5th

0.9

1.9

 

0.7

1.1

(180)

(98)

 

(211)

(510)

Filipinos

Median

-

-

-

-

2.8

2.5th

1.4

(51)

  1. Values in parenthesis are number of children (only for n ≥50)
  2. North Africans (1,243): Egyptians (771), Sudanese (278), Moroccan (67), Somalis (44), Mauritanians (39), Tunisians (20), Ethiopians (10), Algerians (7), Eritreans (4), Libyans (2)
  3. Peninsular Arabs (21,883): Emiratis (19,545), Yemenis (1,058), Omanis (952), Saudis (292), Qataris (18), Bahrainis (7), Bedouins (6), Kuwaitis (5)
  4. Green Crescent Arabs (1,119): Syrians (448), Jordanians (365), Palestinians (222), Lebanese (51), Iraqis (33)
  5. Indian Subcontinent (1,042): Indians (490), Pakistanis (448), Bangladeshis (82), Sri Lankans (16), Nepalese (6)