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Herein, we aim to establish biological reference intervals (BRIs) for leukocyte subsets for interpreting immunophenotypic data and identifying deviations in different pathological settings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This prospective study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital and research centre in northern India over a period of six months using standardised multiparametric flow-cytometric immunophenotyping (FCMI). Peripheral blood from 120 healthy adult donors was analysed by 13-color, 15-parameter flow cytometry (Beckman\u202fCoulter\u202fDx\u202fFlex). Thirty-seven leucocyte subsets were identified based on expression of surface markers including lymphoid (B, T and their subsets), myeloid (granulocytes, dendritic cells, monocytes and its subsets) and NK cell subsets. Frequencies and absolute counts were compared across gender and age groups by\u202fMann\u2013Whitney\u202fU\u202fand\u202fKruskal\u2013Wallis\u202ftests (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u22640.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Males showed higher median total lymphocytes, absolute\u202fT-cells,\u202fcytotoxic T and memory\u202fT-regs, while females exhibited higher\u202f%\u202fof\u202fT-lymphocytes, helper\u202fT\u202fcells, and\u202fearly terminally differentiated effector memory re-activating cells (TEMRA\u202f) fractions.\u202fB-cell analysis revealed higher mature, transitional, switched-memory, and circulating plasma-cell counts in males.\u202fNa\u00efve\u202fB\u202fcells remained the predominant subset across adulthood, showing biphasic variation with age, while memory\u202fB\u202fcells peaked in early adulthood, followed by a decline.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interpretation and conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>When compared with Euro-Flow data, Indian adults displayed overall concordance with global reference ranges, though with broader variability in\u202fT\u202fand\u202fB\u202fsubsets. 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