Table 1.

Complete blood counts in loxP-flanked zinc finger protein 36 (Zfp36) C57BL/6 (Zfp36fl/fl; Control) and Zfp36fl/fl;LysMCre [myeloid knockout (KO)] lean and obese mice

	Control Lean	KO Lean	Control Obese	KO Obese
WBC, K/μl	9.11 ± 0.59	10.11 ± 0.69	7.12 ± 0.79	8.52 ± 0.84
NE, K/μl	0.77 ± 0.29	2.73 ± 0.5	1.48 ± 0.34	2.71 ± 0.25
LY, K/μl	7.83 ± 0.44	6.67 ± 0.2	5.29 ± 0.57	5.17 ± 0.64
MO, K/μl	0.43 ± 0.06	0.57 ± 0.05	0.31 ± 0.06	0.52 ± 0.09
EO, K/μl	0.06 ± 0.04	0.1 ± 0.04	0.04 ± 0.01	0.1 ± 0.05
BA, K/μl	0.02 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0	0.01 ± 0.01
NE, %	7.85 ± 2.65	25.95 ± 3.38	20.17 ± 3.76	32.64 ± 3.06
LY, %	86.63 ± 3.35	66.89 ± 2.72	74.68 ± 3.23	60.2 ± 2.76
MO, %	4.65 ± 0.6	5.98 ± 0.99	4.49 ± 1.17	5.94 ± 0.56
EO, %	0.65 ± 0.32	0.92 ± 0.32	0.53 ± 0.17	1.09 ± 0.36
BA, %	0.23 ± 0.14	0.27 ± 0.14	0.12 ± 0.04	0.13 ± 0.09
RBC, M/μl	10.01 ± 0.68	10.51 ± 0.7	9.33 ± 0.64	9.78 ± 0.48
Hg, g/dl	14.07 ± 0.34	11.8 ± 0.86	10.4 ± 0.83	12.17 ± 0.5
HCT, %	39.87 ± 2.63	42.1 ± 2.73	41.56 ± 2.83	39.5 ± 1.42
MCV, fl	39.84 ± 0.18	40.1 ± 0.52	44.62 ± 0.95	40.57 ± 1.05
MCH, pg	14.39 ± 0.93	11.2 ± 0.29	11.1 ± 0.32	12.54 ± 0.47
MCHC, g/dl	36.14 ± 2.26	27.97 ± 0.39	24.96 ± 1.04	31 ± 1.53
RDW, %	18.34 ± 0.63	17.9 ± 0.17	17.8 ± 0.23	19.13 ± 0.67
PLT, K/μl	1,097.71 ± 93.75	851.33 ± 64.55	1,357.6 ± 314.5	894.57 ± 144.8
MPV, fl	4.97 ± 0.08	4.93 ± 0.12	4.92 ± 0.42	6.07 ± 0.21

Values are means ± SE; n = 5–7 mice/group, mean values with SE; bold values indicate P < 0.05 compared with respective lean or obese Controls. WBC, white blood cells; NE, neutrophils; LY, lymphocytes; MO, monocytes; EO, eosinophils; BA, basophils; RBC, red blood cells; Hg, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, MCH concentration; RDW, red cell distribution width; PLT, platelets; MPV, mean platelet volume.