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Table 2 Summary of immune cell parameters based on DNA methylation deconvolution estimates for the entire cohort

From: Assessment of immune cell profiles among post-menopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative using DNA methylation-based methods

 

Mean

(95% CI)

Median

Percentile range (2.5–97.5)

WBC*

6276.028

(6173.04, 6379.015)

6000

(3386.5, 10,680.25)

Leukocyte subtypes

    

Myeloid**

    

 Cells/µl

4394.189

(4304.664, 4483.714)

4198.418

(1893.226, 8212.533)

 %

69.161

(68.621, 69.701)

69.949

(46.791, 86.387)

Granulocytes**

    

 Cells/µl

3848.037

(3763.108, 3932.967)

3668.982

(1503.92, 7470.417)

 %

60.231

(59.648, 60.815)

60.94

(36.342, 78.904)

Neutrophils

    

 Cells/µl

3642.355

(3558.256, 3726.454)

3469.95

(1334.334, 7201.745)

 %

56.833

(56.207, 57.459)

57.457

(31.576, 76.845)

Basophils

    

 Cells/µl

65.7

(61.971, 69.43)

41.723

(18.371, 242.819)

 %

1.08

(1.018, 1.141)

0.6

(0.478, 3.474)

Eosinophils

    

 Cells/µl

139.982

(133.382, 146.582)

112.492

(19.425, 444)

 %

2.319

(2.219, 2.418)

2

(0.422, 6.539)

Monocytes

    

 Cells/µl

546.152

(536.271, 556.033)

524.352

(261.548, 961.111)

 %

8.929

(8.801, 9.058)

8.66

(4.931, 14.337)

Lymphocytes**

    

 Cells/µl

1920.642

(1881.476, 1959.808)

1822.981

(842.129, 3620.853)

 %

31.465

(30.92, 32.01)

30.507

(14.382, 54.122)

T cells**

    

 Cells/µl

1358.107

(1327.532, 1388.681)

1280.328

(525.1, 2645.941)

 %

22.247

(21.809, 22.685)

21.155

(9.341, 40.643)

CD4+ total**

    

 Cells/µl

859.971

(838.43, 881.512)

794.503

(296.086, 1799.017)

 %

14.139

(13.811, 14.467)

13.283

(5.096, 28.434)

CD4+ memory

    

 Cells/µl

609.586

(593.698, 625.473)

564.328

(170.535, 1328.026)

 %

10.058

(9.81, 10.306)

9.378

(2.796, 21.22)

CD4+ naïve

    

 Cells/µl

200.559

(190.288, 210.829)

132.151

(34.738, 685.529)

 %

3.283

(3.118, 3.447)

2.28

(0.878, 11.362)

T regulatory

    

 Cells/µl

49.826

(48.874, 50.779)

46.956

(26.777, 87.899)

 %

0.798

(0.785, 0.81)

0.78

(0.78, 0.78)

CD8+ total**

    

 Cells/µl

498.136

(476.832, 519.44)

397.338

(84.81, 1473.431)

 %

8.108

(7.793, 8.423)

6.715

(1.559, 22.443)

CD8+ memory

    

 Cells/µl

418.013

(396.375, 439.651)

306.012

(37.325, 1385.639)

 %

6.803

(6.478, 7.128)

5.278

(0.801, 21.569)

CD8+ naïve

    

 Cells/µl

80.123

(76.878, 83.368)

58.101

(28.146, 246.615)

 %

1.305

(1.253, 1.357)

0.758

(0.758, 4.127)

B cells**

    

 Cells/µl

227.216

(218.517, 235.914)

189.396

(50.299, 640.404)

 %

3.755

(3.617, 3.893)

3.183

(0.811, 9.76)

B memory

    

 Cells/µl

86.814

(81.799, 91.829)

67.363

(16.061, 255.53)

 %

1.412

(1.335, 1.489)

1.172

(0.328, 4.097)

B naïve

    

 Cells/µl

140.402

(133.852, 146.952)

106.589

(23.055, 503.33)

 %

2.343

(2.234, 2.452)

1.834

(0.483, 7.108)

Natural killer

    

 Cells/µl

335.32

(326.172, 344.467)

308.259

(94.861, 761.925)

 %

5.463

(5.331, 5.596)

5.144

(1.587, 11.042)

Cell ratios

    

Neutrophil/lymphocyte

2.162

(2.087, 2.236)

1.879

(0.597, 5.281)

Lymphocyte/monocyte

3.699

(3.625, 3.774)

3.502

(1.635, 6.829)

Eosinophil/lymphocyte

0.077

(0.073, 0.081)

0.063

(0.012, 0.253)

Basophil/lymphocyte

0.038

(0.035, 0.04)

0.024

(0.01, 0.134)

Eosinophil/neutrophil

0.046

(0.044, 0.048)

0.035

(0.006, 0.155)

(Eosinophil + Basophil)/neutrophil

0.067

(0.064, 0.071)

0.053

(0.012, 0.209)

Neutrophil/monocyte

7.126

(6.88, 7.372)

6.482

(2.855, 14.15)

CD4/CD8

3.012

(2.857, 3.166)

2.063

(0.35, 11.097)

CD4nv/CD8nv

3.014

(2.854, 3.174)

1.832

(0.419, 11.073)

CD4mem/CD8mem

3.806

(3.563, 4.049)

1.903

(0.275, 15.93)

CD4nv/CD4

0.218

(0.211, 0.226)

0.189

(0.047, 0.518)

CD4nv/CD4mem

0.365

(0.347, 0.383)

0.256

(0.052, 1.252)

CD8nv/CD8

0.266

(0.254, 0.279)

0.173

(0.034, 0.769)

CD8nv/CD8mem

0.61

(0.561, 0.659)

0.209

(0.035, 3.331)

Treg/CD4

0.069

(0.066, 0.071)

0.059

(0.027, 0.165)

Bnv/B

0.591

(0.579, 0.602)

0.607

(0.177, 0.919)

Bnv/Bmem

2.628

(2.44, 2.816)

1.544

(0.215, 11.359)

CD8/B

3.107

(2.918, 3.296)

1.999

(0.357, 12.643)

(CD8+ NK)/Mono

1.604

(1.555, 1.653)

1.427

(0.498, 3.788)

CD8mem/Treg

8.684

(8.269, 9.1)

6.752

(1.027, 27.648)

  1. *WBC = White blood cell count, from WHI data. All other cell count data is from multiplying cell deconvolution proportion estimates by WBC
  2. **Derived cell counts: Lymph = CD4-total + CD8-total + B-total + NK + Treg; Tcell = CD4-total + CD8-total; CD4-total = CD4mem + CD4nv + Treg; CD8-total = CD8mem + CD8nv; B-total = Bmem + Bnv; Myeloid = Gran + Mono; Gran = Neu + Eos + Bas