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Table 1 Characteristics of the ancestrally diverse populations in PAGE

From: Multi-ethnic genome-wide association analyses of white blood cell and platelet traits in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study

 

AA

HL

EA

N a

16,201

21,347

27,236

Age (years)

56.35(12.39)

51.29(14.24)

60.42(12.40)

Female (%)

84.46

69.05

79.95

Measurements b

 WBC

5.76(1.93)

6.52(1.96)

6.16(1.70)

 BAS c

0.043(0.032)

0.039(0.033)

0.040(0.033)

 EOS c

0.16(0.12)

0.18(0.13)

0.16(0.13)

 LYM

2.24(0.98)

2.15(0.82)

2.06(0.92)

 MON

0.44(0.21)

0.52(0.18)

0.44(0.24)

 NEU

3.19(1.56)

3.77(1.56)

3.82(1.37)

 PLT

250.17(64.63)

245.70(64.58)

248.84(58.87)

 MPV

9.89(1.71)

9.60(1.51)

9.70(1.75)

  1. AA African American; HL Hispanic/Latino; EA European ancestry; N sample size; WBC white blood cell count; BAS basophil; EOS eosinophil; LYM lymphocyte; MON, monocyte; NEU neutrophil; PLT platelet count; MPV mean platelet volume
  2. a The largest sample size for all the traits was presented
  3. b Values are shown as mean (SD)
  4. c BAS and EOS levels were imputed for AA, HL, and EA participants, respectively
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