Table 3 Historical review of reference values for WBC counts in healthy Japanese
From: Reference value and annual trend of white blood cell counts among adult Japanese population
Authors | Years | Ref. | Sex (M for men, W for women) | WBC counts (cells/mm3) | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AM | ASD | Min. | Max. | |||||
Masai | 1914 | [14] | M | 7,473 | 4,220 | 12,600 | Healthy medical students | |
Kura | 1925 | [15] | M | 7,718 | 4,200 | 12,900 | Healthy army soldiers | |
Kitajima | 1928 | [9] | M + W | 5,981–7,827a | 4,200 | 12,437 | Healthy men and women of various occupations aged 20–60 years | |
Komiya | 1938 | [6] | 4,000 | 10,000 | Statement in a textbook | |||
[6] | 6,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
Miyazu | 1943 | [10] | M + W | 6,652–7,295a | 4,700 | 13,800 | Healthy subjects | |
Asai et al. | 1974 | [11] | M | 6,000–7,000b | <4,000 | >11,000 | Citation of the study by Hibino which was conducted in 1954–1955 | |
Miyasaka | 1957 | [12] | M | 6,616–6,933 | 4,000 | 10,000 | ||
1957 | [12] | W | 6,545–6,870 | 3,500 | 9,000 | |||
Maekawa and Kinugasa | 1957 | [16] | M + W | 6,480 | 1,110 | ≤60 years | ||
1957 | [16] | M + W | 6,680 | 110 | 18–30 years | |||
Inoue et al. | 1959 | [17] | M | 6,314 | 1,375 | 2,550–3,000 | 13,350–13,800 | Adult healthy workers; min. and max. values are shown by ranges |
1959 | [17] | W | 6,286 | 1,465 | 2,550–3,000 | 12,000–12,450 | Adult healthy workers; min. and max. values are shown by ranges | |
Shirakura et al. | 1978 | [18] | M | 6,949 | 1,632 | |||
1978 | [18] | W | 6,756 | 1,852 | ||||
Goto et al. | 1993 | [13] | M | 6,080–6,380 | 3,400 | 9,190 | ||
1993 | [13] | W | 5,500–5,650 | 3,270 | 7,930 | |||
Okabe | 1995 | [19] | M | 7,500 | 1,400 | Up to 59 years | ||
1995 | [19] | W | 7,600 | 1,100 | Up to 59 years | |||
Shiga et al. | 1999 | [20] | M + W | 6,800 | 2,900 | 10,700 | Minimum and maximum values reported for each of decades of years of age (20–69 years) | |
Hasegawa et al. | 2002 | [21] | M + W | 5,795 | 1,521 | See footnote c | ||
Tatsukawa et al. | 2008 | [22] | M | 6,700 | 1,700 | |||
2008 | [22] | W | 6,000 | 1,600 | ||||
The present study | 2002 | M | 6,248 | 1,751 | 20–60-year-old men (for details, see Table 1) | |||
2002 | M (never smokers) | 5,609 | 1,373 | 20–60-year-old never-smoking men (for details, see Table 1) | ||||
2010 | M | 6,162 | 1,719 | 20–60-year-old men (for details, see Table 1) | ||||
2010 | M (never smokers) | 5,666 | 1,412 | 20–60-year-old never-smoking men (for details, see Table 1) | ||||