TABLE 3.
Means, medians, and 95th percentile reference ranges of WBC subset percentages for 142 HIV-negative adult Ethiopians
| Subject group (n) and parameter | % of:
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| Granulocytes | Monocytes | Lymphocytes | CD4 T cells | CD8 T cells | CD3 T cells | B-cells | NK cells | |
| Male (92) | ||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 55.1 ± 12.3 | 6.7 ± 1.7 | 35.2 ± 10.3 | 38.1 ± 7.8 | 37.9 ± 10.0 | 77.6 ± 6.7 | 9.0 ± 3.5 | 13.9 ± 6.3 |
| Median | 56.0 | 6.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 78.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 |
| 95% range | 31.6–78.7 | 4.0–10.7 | 16.0–55.4 | 24.7–53.7 | 23.0–60.7 | 62.0–90.7 | 3.0–18.0 | 4.0–29.0 |
| Female (50) | ||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 54.3 ± 12.5 | 6.0 ± 2.0 | 36.4 ± 11.1 | 41.3 ± 6.1 | 34.4 ± 7.9 | 77.2 ± 7.0 | 10.2 ± 4.4 | 12.8 ± 5.7 |
| Median | 58.0 (0.89)a | 6.0 (0.04) | 33.5 (0.71) | 41.0 (0.01) | 34.0 (0.08) | 78.5 (0.89) | 10.0 (0.11) | 11.0 (0.24) |
| 95% range | 23.0–73.0 | 3.0–12.1 | 19.8–64.1 | 29.0–57.9 | 17.4–50.1 | 58.3–87.0 | 3.3–27.7 | 5.3–29.7 |
a
All values in parentheses are P values (Mann-Whitney U test) for comparison of medians for male and female subjects.