Table 2.
Median and 2.5th percentile neutrophil counts of children by geo-ethnicity
| Neutrophils × 109/L | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days | Weeks | Months | Years | ||||||
| 1 | 2–7 | 2–4 | 2–12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5–6 | ||
| North Africans | Median | 5.8 | 4.6 | - | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 2.5th | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||
| (171) | (84) | (252) | (363) | (132) | (104) | (108) | |||
| Peninsular Arabs | Median | 9.0 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 2.5th | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| (2,585) | (969) | (529) | (5,929) | (4,782) | (2,187) | (1,399) | (776) | ||
| 2 – 6 | |||||||||
| Green Crescent Arabs | Median | 7.2 | 5.6 | - | 3.2 | 3.3 | |||
| 2.5th | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |||||
| (178) | (95) | (239) | (880) | ||||||
| Iranians & Afghanis | Median | - | - | - | - | 3.9 | |||
| 2.5th | 1.4 | ||||||||
| (57) | |||||||||
| Indian Subcontinent | Median | 7.5 | 5.1 | - | 3.2 | 3.2 | |||
| 2.5th | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | |||||
| (180) | (98) | (211) | (510) | ||||||
| Filipinos | Median | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | |||
| 2.5th | 1.4 | ||||||||
| (51) | |||||||||
Values in parenthesis are number of children (only for n ≥50)
North Africans (1,243): Egyptians (771), Sudanese (278), Moroccan (67), Somalis (44), Mauritanians (39), Tunisians (20), Ethiopians (10), Algerians (7), Eritreans (4), Libyans (2)
Peninsular Arabs (21,883): Emiratis (19,545), Yemenis (1,058), Omanis (952), Saudis (292), Qataris (18), Bahrainis (7), Bedouins (6), Kuwaitis (5)
Green Crescent Arabs (1,119): Syrians (448), Jordanians (365), Palestinians (222), Lebanese (51), Iraqis (33)
Indian Subcontinent (1,042): Indians (490), Pakistanis (448), Bangladeshis (82), Sri Lankans (16), Nepalese (6)