Table S2.
Human subject characteristics
| Parameters | Youth (n = 15) | Elderly (n = 15) | All (n = 30) |
| Age (median, IQR) | 28.2 (26.1, 31.2) | 80.6 (76.0, 84.3) | 53.5 (28.2, 80.6) |
| Gender (male; female) | 10; 5 | 4; 11 | 14; 16 |
| Hb (median, IQR), g/dL | 15.3 (14.2, 16.0) | 13.5 (12.8, 14.1) | 14.1 (13.3, 15.6) |
| Hemoglobin A1c (median, IQR), % | 4.7 (4.5, 4.9) | 5.2 (4.9, 5.4) | 4.9 (4.7, 5.2) |
| WBC (median, IQR), × 109/L | 5.8 (5.1, 6.3) | 4.9 (4.2, 6.4) | 5.5 (4.5, 6.4) |
| RBC (median, IQR), × 1012/L | 5.1 (4.8, 5.2) | 4.2 (4.0, 4.6) | 4.7 (4.2, 5.2) |
| MCV (median, IQR), fL | 92.0 (89.5, 94.5) | 97.8 (92.1, 102.4) | 94.3 (90.5, 97.3) |
| Platelets (median, IQR), × 1011/L | 20.8 (20.0, 27.0) | 18.3 (15.1, 23.5) | 20.6 (16.4, 26.2) |
| HT hematocrite (median, IQR), % | 45.9 (44.0, 47.4) | 41.9 (41.1, 44.5) | 44.0 (41.7, 46.7) |
| Glucose (median, IQR), mg/dL | 88.5 (86.3, 92.8) | 96.0 (91.5, 100.3) | 92.5 (87.0, 95.5) |
| Creatinine (median, IQR), mg/dL | 0.8 (0.7, 0.8) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.8) | 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) |
HT, hematocrit; IQR, interquartile range; MCV, mean corpuscular volume.