[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate in a population of 47,205 adults. Variation with age].

The authors studied the mean ESR and its variations between the ages of 20 and 89 by groups of 5 years in a population considered to be healthy of 20.743 women and 26.462 men. The mean ESR rises with age. In women it is 7.2 mm between 20 and 24 and changes minimally until the age of 45. It rises to 8.9 mm between 50 and 54, 11.6 mm between 70 and 74 and 15.4 mm between 80 and 84. In men, it is lower: 4.1 mm between 20 and 24, 6.1 mm between 50 and 54, 8.8 mm between 70 and 74 and 10.9 mm between 80 and 84.