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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.