Telomere Length in Elderly Caucasians Weakly Correlates with Blood Cell Counts

Table 3

Association of blood cells levels, hemoglobin concentration, and MCV with TL according to gender (the table shows coefficients “𝑟” and their “𝑃 value”).

	All subjects	Men	Women
White blood cells (10^3/𝜇L)	𝑟=0.08	𝑟=0.11	𝑟=0.05
	P  =  0.002	P  =  0.001	𝑃=0.1
Neutrophils (10^3/𝜇L)	𝑟=0.03	𝑟=0.04	𝑟=0.03
	𝑃=0.3	𝑃=0.3	𝑃=0.5
Monocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	𝑟=0.04	𝑟=0.05	𝑟=0.02
	𝑃=0.3	𝑃=0.3	𝑃=0.6
Eosinophils (10^3/𝜇L)	𝑟=0.007	𝑟=0.04	𝑟=−0.03
	𝑃=0.8	𝑃=0.5	𝑃=0.6
Basophils (10^3/𝜇L)	𝑟=0.14	𝑟=0.16	𝑟=0.11
	P  =  0.008	P  =  0.04	𝑃=0.1
Lymphocytes (10^3/𝜇L)	𝑟=−0.01	𝑟=0.03	𝑟=−0.06
	𝑃=0.6	𝑃=0.4	𝑃=0.1
Red blood cells (10^6/𝜇L)	𝑟=0.06	𝑟=0.08	𝑟=0.05
	P  =  0.02	P  =  0.02	𝑃=0.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	𝑟=0.01	𝑟=0.02	𝑟=0.01
	𝑃=0.6	𝑃=0.4	𝑃=0.8
MCV (fL)	𝑟=0.001	𝑟=−0.01	𝑟=0.02
	𝑃=0.9	𝑃=0.7	𝑃=0.5
Platelets (10^3/𝜇L)	𝑟=0.06	𝑟=0.06	𝑟=0.04
	P  =  0.01	𝑃=0.08	𝑃=0.2