. 2011 Apr 22;23(1):245–250. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdr153

Table 1.

Maternal and newborn characteristics and umbilical cord blood stem/progenitor cell counts

Subject characteristics	N	Mean ± standard deviation or %	Range
Mother’s age (years)	169	30.1 ± 6.2	19–44
Parity
First	52	30.8
Second	49	29.0
Third	24	14.2
Fourth and above	44	26.0
Gestation duration (weeks)	170	39.2 ± 1.2	37–41
Newborn gender
Male	84	49.4
Female	86	50.6
Newborn birth weight (g)	170	3,363.7 ± 510.5	1,973–4,917
Umbilical cord blood volume (ml)^a	169	98.4 ± 29.4	45–216
Umbilical cord blood stem/progenitor cell populations^b
CD34⁺	169	8.5 ± 7.4	0.0–56.7
CD34⁺CD38⁻	167	2.4 ± 2.5	0.0–23.8
EpCAM⁺	112	3.4 ± 4.0	0.19–19.8
EpCAM⁺CD49f⁺	109	1.7 ± 1.8	0.049–9.7
EpCAM⁺CD49f⁺CD117⁺	32	0.48 ± 0.56	0.02–2.4
CD49f⁺CD24⁺	56	14.7 ± 12.9	0.0–48.1
CD24⁺CD29⁺	55	10.3 ± 9.8	0.11–46.2
CD49f⁺CD24⁺CD29⁺	55	8.3 ± 8.8	0.0–44.4

Includes 35 ml of citrate phosphate dextrose anticoagulant.

Cell counts per 10³ mononuclear cells.

EpCAM, epithelial cell adhesion molecule.