Telomere Length in Elderly Caucasians Weakly Correlates with Blood Cell Counts

Table 2

Mean values of blood cell counts according to telomere length class (defined by distribution-derived tertiles).

	Classes of telomere length*			𝑃
	I	II	III
All subjects
RBC (10^6/𝜇L)	4.48±0.5	4.55±0.48	4.55±0.53	0.08
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.60±1.47	13.72±1.45	13.65±1.54	0.7
MCV (fL)	90.26±6.14	89.97±5.59	90.38±5.41	0.2
WBC (10^3/𝜇L)	6.30±1.9	6.67±3.69	6.64±2.65	0.02
Neutrophils (10^3/𝜇L)	3.69±1.29	3.82±1.44	3.78±1.37	0.5
Lymphocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	1.99±0.75	2.09±0.89	2.00±0.91	0.09
Monocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	0.43±0.19	0.45±0.18	0.46±0.21	0.4
PLT (10^3/𝜇L)	216.8±68.2	221.7±81.1	225.0±70.2	0.07
Men
RBC (10^6/𝜇L)	4.55±0.52	4.61±0.53	4.65±0.54	0.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.93±1.52	14.10±1.55	14.05±1.63	0.6
MCV (fL)	90.93±6.19	90.65±5.75	90.56±5.45	0.7
WBC (10^3/𝜇L)	6.44±2.1	6.87±4.81	6.96±3.17	0.01
Neutrophils (10^3/𝜇L)	3.83±1.25	3.87±1.48	3.94±1.26	0.4
Lymphocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	1.96±0.78	2.00±0.98	2.02±0.72	0.6
Monocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	0.47±0.21	0.45±0.16	0.50±0.23	0.5
PLT (10^3/𝜇L)	203.3±64.3	209.8±92.9	212.9±70.7	0.1
Women
RBC (10^6/𝜇L)	4.40±0.46	4.47±0.44	4.44±0.47	0.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.20±1.31	13.31±1.20	13.26±1.33	0.8
MCV (fL)	89.45±6.03	89.46±5.35	90.09±5.36	0.4
WBC (10^3/𝜇L)	6.15±1.67	6.39±1.86	6.36±1.87	0.2
Neutrophils (10^3/𝜇L)	3.55±1.32	3.67±1.39	3.71±1.47	0.5
Lymphocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	2.02±0.71	2.16±0.78	2.01±1.08	0.01
Monocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	0.40±0.16	0.46±0.20	0.40±0.18	0.05
PLT (10^3/𝜇L)	232.0±69.1	233.3±64.7	238.1±67.2	0.5

∗Lower and uper limits of TL classes.
All subjects: class I: 1.49–49.38; class II: 49.39–109.00; class III: 109.10–1281.
Men: class I: 1.49–48.04; class II: 48.09–99.99; class III: 100.00–1281.
Women: class I: 1.55–55.15; class II: 50.30–114.40; class III: 116.40–1281.