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. 2015 Mar 19;27(3):157–166. doi: 10.3109/08958378.2015.1013227

Table 1. Hematologic biomarkers.

		LS means^a			Group comparison p values
Biomarker	Age (years)	SMK	MSC	NTC	SMK versus MSC	SMK versus NTC	MSC versus NTC
Hemoglobin (g dL⁻¹)	All ages	15.91	15.53	15.35	0.1137	0.0027	0.9126
Hematocrit (%)	All ages	46.10	45.25	44.50	0.2409	0.0012	0.3678
Platelet count (thou μL⁻¹)	All ages	251.93	256.59	244.95	1.0000	1.0000	0.7050
RBC count (mil μL⁻¹)	All ages	5.06	5.08	5.06	1.0000	1.0000	1.0000
RDW (%)	All ages	12.81	12.85	12.77	1.0000	1.0000	1.0000
MCH (pg)	All ages	31.51	30.59	30.38	0.0007	<0.0001	1.0000
MCHC (g dL⁻¹)^b	26–31	34.49	34.32	34.24	1.0000	0.5217	1.0000
	32–37	34.59	34.61	34.84	1.0000	0.5565	0.7221
	38–43	34.40	34.49	34.48	1.0000	1.0000	1.0000
	44–49	34.55	33.83	34.44	0.0072	1.0000	0.0282
	All ages	34.51	34.31	34.50	0.1635	1.0000	0.1965
MCV (fL)	All ages	91.30	89.16	88.05	0.0036	<0.0001	0.2728
MPV (fL)	All ages	8.43	8.14	8.23	0.2931	0.6435	1.0000
WBC count (thou μL⁻¹)	All ages	8.48	7.53	6.75	0.0139	<0.0001	0.0591
Basophils (%)	All ages	0.44	0.45	0.52	1.0000	0.1383	0.3567
Eosinophils (%)	All ages	2.07	2.16	2.86	1.0000	0.0606	0.1767
Lymphocytes (%)	All ages	27.80	28.19	30.19	1.0000	0.1797	0.4422
Monocytes (%)	All ages	6.81	6.74	7.53	1.0000	0.1410	0.1383
Neutrophils (%)	All ages	62.89	62.45	58.90	1.0000	0.0252	0.0906

^aLeast square means.

^bAge main effect (p < 0.05).