Table 1 Comparisons of hematological characteristics between young and aged groups

Age (years)

24.30 ± 1.96

65.33 ± 6.99

 < 0.001

Gender, Male (%)

60 (50%)

53 (51.5%)

0.828

RBC (× 10¹²/L)

4.78 ± 0.42

4.53 ± 0.44

 < 0.001

HCT (%)

42.81 ± 3.50

42.02 ± 3.49

0.154

MCV (fl)

89.74 ± 4.06

92.86 ± 4.06

 < 0.001

RDW (%)

12.98 ± 1.15

13.52 ± 0.74

 < 0.001

HGB (g/L)

142.78 ± 12.69

140.07 ± 12.09

0.134

MCH (pg)

29.93 ± 1.61

30.96 ± 1.57

 < 0.001

MCHC (g/L)

330.92 ± 28.09

333.33 ± 6.40

0.998

WBC (× 10⁹/L)

6.02 ± 1.27

5.94 ± 1.64

0.232

NEUT (× 10⁹/L)

3.28 ± 1.10

3.28 ± 1.09

0.891

NEUT %

53.76 ± 8.12

54.95 ± 8.79

0.297

LYMPH (× 10⁹/L)

2.12 ± 0.51

2.01 ± 0.75

0.218

LYMPH %

35.94 ± 7.48

33.98 ± 8.63

0.07

MONO (× 10⁹/L)

0.44 ± 0.10

0.46 ± 0.15

0.69

MONO %

7.40 ± 1.64

7.87 ± 1.90

0.056

EO (× 10⁹/L)

0.14 ± 0.10

0.22 ± 0.68

0.282

EO %

2.34 ± 1.58

2.54 ± 1.62

0.276

BASO (× 10⁹/L)

0.02 ± 0.03

0.03 ± 0.03

0.110

BASO %

0.57 ± 0.31

0.67 ± 0.31

0.009

PLT (× 10⁹/L)

232.46 ± 55.41

204.32 ± 50.58

 < 0.001

MPV (fl)

8.81 ± 1.00

8.98 ± 1.30

0.603