Table 3.

Complete blood count and C reactive protein.

	Healthy donors	Achalasia (all)	Type I	Type II	Type III
	(n = 500)	(n = 189)	(n = 59)	(n = 123)	(n = 7)
Laboratory variables
Hemoglobin (g/dL) mean ± SD	15 ± 1	15 ± 2	15 ± 2	15 ± 2	15 ± 1
Median	15.3	14.8	15.2	14.5	15.7
Range	13.3–18.6	10.0–18.2	10.0–17.8	10.1–18.2	13.9–16.8
Platelets (${10}^3$ cells/mL) mean ± SD	275 ± 52	231 ± 60	231 ± 53	234 ± 64	176 ± 46
Median	271	223	226.5	226	163
Range	144–460	128.0–427.0	145.0–392.0	135.0–427.0	128.0–258.0
Leukocytes (${10}^3$ cells/mL) mean ± SD	7 ± 1	6 ± 2	6 ± 2	7 ± 2	6 ± 2
Median	6.9	6.2	6	6.5	5.5
Range	3.6–11.2	2.9–12.6	3.0–12.6	2.9–11.2	4.0–7.9
Lymphocytes (%) mean ± SD	33 ± 7	30 ± 9	31 ± 8	30 ± 10	33 ± 7
Median	32.6	30.1	31.2	29.5	32.3
Range	19.9–55.9	5.5–54.9	10.9–47.0	5.5–54.9	24.5–42.5
Monocytes (%) mean ± SD	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	7 ± 1
Median	7.6	7.1	7.6	6.8	6.6
Range	3.8–14.3	1.0–13.6	4.4–13.6	1.0–13.0	5.7–8.6
Neutrophils (%) mean ± SD	55 ± 8	59 ± 10	58 ± 10	60 ± 11	58 ± 7
Median	55.3	59.9	59	60	58.7
Range	37.9–71.5	30.0–92.4	37.0–78.4	30.0–92.4	47.1–68.0
Eosinophils (%) mean ± SD	2 ± 2	3 ± 2	3 ± 2	2 ± 2	1.6 ± 0.5
Median	2	2.3	2.3	1.6	1.6
Range	0.2–9.5	0.6–13.0	0.4–13.0	0.0–14.5	1.0–2.4
Basophils (%) mean ± SD	1.0 ± 0.3	0.6 ± 0.5	0.7 ± 0.6	0.6 ± 0.5	0.6 ± 0.4
Median	1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5
Range	0.2–2.1	0.0–5.0	0.0–3.7	0.0–5.0	0.3–1.3
NLR mean ± SD	1.8 ± 0.6	2 ± 2	2 ± 1	3 ± 2	1.9 ± 0.6
Median	1.7	2	1.9	2	1.8
Range	0.6–4.8	0.6–15.7	0.9–7.2	0.6–15.7	1.1–2.8
CRP (mg/dl) mean ± SD	NA	0.4 ± 0.7	0.5 ± 0.8	0.4 ± 0.7	0.4 ± 0.2
Median	NA	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Range	NA	0.0–4.8	0.0–3.5	0.0–4.8	0.1–0.6