Table 1

Laboratory findings of the participants by sex

VariableMale
(n=87)		Female
(n=274)		Standard value
Age (years) median, range39 (25–60)33 (22–67)
NK cell activity (%) median, IQR range
<18 (n, %)
18–40 (n, %)
>40 (n, %)		20 (19.0)
1.0–50.0
37 (42.5%)
42 (48.3%)
8 (9.2%)		15 (14.0)
1.0–55.0
160 (58.4%)
105 (38.3%)
9 (3.3%)		18–40
Zinc (μg/dL) median, IQR range deficiency (n, %)90 (16)
63–135
15 (17.2%)		88 (19)
51–123
76 (27.7%)		80–130
25(OH)D (ng/mL) median, IQR range deficiency* (n, %) severe deficiency† (n, %)12.8 (6.6)
5.8–34.7
78 (89.7%)
22 (25.3%)		10.4 (6.4)
<4–35.9
254 (92.7%)
132 (48.2%)		Deficiency <20
Severe deficiency <10
TP (g/dL) median, IQR range7.4 (0.5)
6.7–8.3		7.4 (0.6)
6.4–8.3		6.7–8.3
Albumin (g/dL) median, IQR range4.7 (4.0)
4.0–5.3		4.6 (0.4)
3.2–5.3		3.8–5.2
Fe (μg/dL) median, IQR range101 (31)
18–184		86 (47)
20–251		Male 54–200
Female 48–154
HbA1c (%) median, IQR range5.2 (0.4)
4.7–7.1		5.2 (0.4)
4.5–8.4		4.6–6.2
WCC (/μL) median, IQR range5900 (1800)
2900–13 100		5700 (2100)
2300–11 500		Male 3900–9800
Female 3500–9100
Platelet (×104 /µL) median, IQR range25.7 (5.9)
16.8–39.4		26.9 (7.0)
13.7–45.4		Male 13.1–36.2
Female 13.0–36.9
T-Cho (mg/dL) median, IQR range204 (42)
145–282		198 (49)
123–336		150–219
HDL-C (mg/dL) median, IQR range61 (19)
37–113		72 (20)
35–118		Male 40–86
Female 40–96
LDL-C (mg/dL) median, IQR range122 (41)
73–207		103 (46)
39–274		70–139
AST (U/L) median, IQR range20 (7)
12–57		18 (11)
11–204		10–40
ALT (U/L) median, IQR range19 (13)
9–145		14 (7)
6–196		5–40
BUN (mg/dL) median, IQR range14.0 (3.5)
8.0–26.9		12.4 (4.0)
5.4–24.0		8.0–22.0
Creatinine (mg/dL) median, IQR range0.87 (0.15)
0.67–1.10		0.62 (0.11)
0.37–0.89		Male 0.61–1.04
Female 0.47–0.79
UA (mg/dL) median, IQR range5.8 (1.5)
3.8–9.2		4.2 (1.1)
2.0–9.4		Male 3.7–7.0
Female 2.5–7.0

  • *25(OH)D <20 ng/mL,

  • †25(OH)D <10 ng/mL.

  • ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; HbA1c, haemoglobin A1c; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NK, natural killer; 25(OH)D, 25-hydoxy vitamin D; T-Cho, total cholesterol; TP, total protein; UA, uric acid; WCC, white cell count.