Temporal trends, sex differences, and age-related disease influence in Neutrophil, Lymphocyte count and Neutrophil to Lymphocyte-ratio: results from InCHIANTI follow-up study

Abstract Background Neutrophils and lymphocytes represent the larger percentage of all white blood cells, they vary with age, with a progressive increase of the ratio in the first years of life, and then tend to remain at similar levels in steady state condition during adult age. Neutrophils to lymp...

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Main Authors: Raffaello Pellegrino, Roberto Paganelli, Angelo Di Iorio, Stefania Bandinelli, Antimo Moretti, Giovanni Iolascon, Eleonora Sparvieri, Domiziano Tarantino, Luigi Ferrucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Immunity & Ageing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-023-00370-8