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. 2016 May 21;16:15. doi: 10.1186/s12878-016-0054-8

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)