Table 3.

White Blood Cell Counts in Patients With Carotid Stenosis Prior to Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy

	Younger Group (<65 y)	Older Group (65–80 y)	Elderly Group (>80 y)	p Value
n	18	95	52
WBC	8.1 ± 0.5	7.4 ± 0.2	7.3 ± 0.3	.38
Neutrophils (%)	64 ± 2.3	62 ± 1.2	63 ± 1.2	.88
Lymphocytes (%)	23.0 ± 2.0	25.6 ± 1.0	23.5 ± 1.1	.33
Monocytes (%)	9.7 ± 0.6	8.1 ± 0.3	9.1 ± 0.4	.013
Eosinophils (%)	2.8 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.2	3.5 ± 0.3	.41
Basophils (%)	0.8 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.1	.67

Note: p Value is the value of the analysis of variance test. WBC = white blood cell.