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Table 2 White blood cell counts (cells/mm3) by decade of age of never smokers

From: Reference value and annual trend of white blood cell counts among adult Japanese population

Group by decade of age (years)

Year of study

2002

2010

No.a

AM

ASD

5 percentile

95 percentile

p b

No.a

AM

ASD

5 percentile

95 percentile

p b

20–29

5,762

5,728.2

1,434.6

2,916

8,540

 

7,455

5,846.5

1,459.0

2,987

8,706

 

30–39

10,031

5,600.8

1,382.5

2,891

8,311

↓↓

11,563

5,685.5

1,414.0

2,914

8,457

↓↓

40–49

7,367

5,539.5

1,333.6

2,926

8,153

↓↓

12,173

5,588.8

1,384.3

2,876

8,302

↓↓

50–59

8,134

5,603.4

1,368.0

2,922

8,285

↑↑

6,440

5,606.3

1,382.3

2,897

8,316

ns

60–69

2,542

5,613.8

1,303.8

3,058

8,169

ns

2,787

5,587.3

1,419.9

2,804

8,370

ns

70–79

414

5,462.3

1,342.3

2,831

8,093

319

5,599.7

1,402.0

2,852

8,348

ns

80+

48

5,391.7

1,411.9

2,624

8,159

ns

11

5,427.3

1,530.4

2,428

8,427

ns

  1. aNumber of cases
  2. b p for difference from the immediately younger group by Scheffé; two arrows, one arrow, and ns show p ≤0.01, ≤0.05, and >0.05, respectively. The direction of arrows indicates an increase or a decrease