Table 2.

Complete blood count.

	Units	Range	HSa	MS patientsa	p
RBC	1012/L	4.5–6.0	4.6 ± 0.4	4.8 ± 0.4	0.400
Haemoglobin	g/dL	13.0–17.5	13.8 ± 1.2	14.3 ± 1.2	0.452
Platelets	109/L	150–450	254.3 ± 61.7	218.4 ± 15.2	0.158
WBC	109/L	4.3–11.0	6.0 ± 0.9	6.1 ± 2.0	0.860
Neutrophils	109/L	1.5–5.5	3.5 ± 0.7	3.8 ± 1.7	0.674
	%	40–80	58.1 ± 5.1	60.4 ± 10.2	0.557
Lymphocytes	109/L	1.5–5.5	1.9 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.8	0.420
	%	10–45	32.3 ± 5.1	28.0 ± 9.6	0.268
N/L			1.9 ± 0.4	2.5 ± 1.1	0.151
Monocytes	109/L	0.2–1.1	0.4 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.2	0.194
	%	2–12	6.8 ± 1.6	8.9 ± 3.4	0.131
Monocyte subsets
Classical	109/L		0.31 ± 0.12	0.36 ± 0.14	0.495
	% of monocytes		73.8 ± 18.0	70.8 ± 7.5	0.651
Intermediate	109/L		0.05 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.03	0.009
	% of monocytes		13.2 ± 2.5	16.2 ± 5.2	0.136
Non-classical	109/L		0.03 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.04	0.023
	% of monocytes		8.2 ± 2.6	13.5 ± 5.8	0.022
DC	109/L		0.017 ± 0.005	0.017 ± 0.007	0.864
	% of PBMC		0.8 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.2	1.000
DC subsets
pDC	109/L		0.005 ± 0.002	0.004 ± 0.001	0.262
	% of DC		27.0 ± 10.3	26.0 ± 8.7	0.825
mDC	109/L		0.007 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.004	0.715
	% of DC		45.3 ± 11.4	44.3 ± 12.8	0.873

Data are mean ± SD.

RBC, red blood cells; WBC, white blood cells; N/L, neutrophils-lymphocytes ratio; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; HS, healthy subjects; MS, multiple sclerosis; mDC, myeloid DC; pDC, plasmacytoid DC.

^aData are missing for one HS and two MS patients.