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Interrelationship between platelet count, red cell count, white cell count and weight in men
R W Siebers1, J M Carter, P J Wakem
1Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand.
In 83 healthy normotensive males aged 20-55 years the platelet count is positively correlated with the red cell count (r = 0.371; P = 0.0006), the white cell count (r = 0.358; P = 0.0009), and with weight (r = 0.252; P = 0.0269). The red cell count is also positively related with the white cell count (r = 0.242; P = 0.0278) and with weight (r = 0.326; P = 0.0039); while the white cell count is slightly correlated with weight (r = 0.210; P = 0.067). These findings provide further indirect evidential support for a haemopoetic growth factor acting on a single pluripotent stem cell.
In 83 healthy normotensive males aged 20-55 years the platelet count is positively correlated with the red cell count (r = 0.371; P = 0.0006), the white cell count (r = 0.358; P = 0.0009), and with weight (r = 0.252; P = 0.0269). The red cell count is also positively related with the white cell count (r = 0.242; P = 0.0278) and with weight (r = 0.326; P = 0.0039); while the white cell count is slightly correlated with weight (r = 0.210; P = 0.067). These findings provide further indirect evidential support for a haemopoetic growth factor acting on a single pluripotent stem cell.