TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the CLL and Control Subjects Involved in This Study

	CLL patients	Control patients
Number of patients included	40	18
Sex (male/female)	28/12	10/8
Mean age of patients (Range)	66 (45–80)	66 (42–88)
White blood cell count at time of sample (×109/l)	66.99 (1.2–326.5)	6.87 (3.7–10.3)
Hemoglobin at time of sample	12.62 (8–15.3)	13.1 (10–14.4)
Platelet count at time of sample	183.03 (33–381)	257.16 (128–402)

Data are presented as mean (range).