TABLE 5.

White blood cell parameters for men and women, Yaoundé, Cameroon, November 2015 – September 2016.

Parameter	Men (N = 161)		Women (N = 133)		P
	Median	2.5% – 97.5%	Median	2.5% – 97.5%
White blood cell (× 109/L)	4.10	2.60–6.81	4.60	2.80–6.70	0.008
Neutrophils (× 109/L)	1.60	0.92–3.00	1.98	1.01–3.53	0.002
Eosinophils (× 109/L)	0.20	0.05–0.98	0.15	0.12–0.42	< 0.001
Basophils (× 109/L)	0.08	0.03–0.22	0.08	0.03–0.29	0.48
Lymphocytes (× 109/L)	1.71	1.03–3.13	1.89	1.06–2.90	0.11
Monocytes (× 109/L)	0.26	0.11–0.54	0.32	0.14–0.65	0.003