Table 5 Sample overview showing the age and gender distribution for each blood component type after quality filtering.

From: miR-Blood – a small RNA atlas of human blood components

 

N

Gender, n (%)

Age, mean (SD)

Female

Male

Overall

510

300 (59%)

210 (41%)

62 (8)

B cells

51

29 (57%)

22 (43%)

63 (8)

Basophils

36

21 (58%)

15 (42%)

62 (8)

CD4+ T cells

50

30 (60%)

20 (40%)

63 (8)

CD8+ T cells

49

30 (61%)

19 (39%)

63 (8)

Eosinophils

46

28 (61%)

18 (39%)

63 (8)

Erythrocytes

49

29 (59%)

20 (41%)

63 (8)

Monocytes

47

28 (60%)

19 (40%)

62 (8)

NK cells

48

27 (56%)

21 (44%)

62 (8)

Neutrophils

51

29 (57%)

22 (43%)

63 (8)

Plasma

39

23 (59%)

16 (41%)

62 (8)

Thrombocytes

44

26 (59%)

18 (41%)

62 (8)