Table 2:
Descriptive statistics of the Laboratory data by the SBP group
| No SBP (N=119) |
SBP (N=110) |
Total (N=229) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lymphocytes (abs) | 1.46 (1.09) | 1.35 (0.68) | 1.41 (0.91) | 0.384 |
| NEUT (abs) | 6.06 (2.68) | 7.13 (3.98) | 6.57 (3.40) | 0.017 |
| NLR (ratio) | 5.11 (3.14) | 8.06 (9.59) | 6.56 (7.22) | 0.003 |
| PLT (1000/uL) | 210.55 (86.94) | 216.15 (99.60) | 213.39 (93.39) | 0.664 |
| MPV (fL) | 9.29 (1.42) | 8.81 (1.35) | 9.05 (1.40) | 0.016 |
| CRP (mg/dl) | 34.97 (36.26) | 43.39 (41.55) | 39.61 (39.36) | 0.201 |
| ALT (U/l) | 29.47 (19.14) | 38.07 (42.02) | 33.71 (32.68) | 0.069 |
| AST (U/l) | 36.03 (35.99) | 43.76 (53.27) | 39.94 (45.59) | 0.254 |
| Potassium (mmol/l) | 4.35 (0.72) | 4.41 (0.62) | 4.38 (0.67) | 0.490 |
| Sodium (mmol/l) | 137.39 (4.50) | 137.47 (5.00) | 137.43 (4.75) | 0.898 |
| TB (mg/dl) | 1.71 (1.83) | 2.57 (2.75) | 2.14 (2.36) | 0.010 |
| INR (ratio) | 1.38 (0.87) | 1.71 (1.42) | 1.54 (1.18) | 0.039 |
Notes: t-test for independent samples was used to test differences in continuous variables. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP), Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Platelets (PLT), Alanine Trans Aminase (ALT), Aspartate Amino Transferase (AST), Total Bilirubin (TB), International Normalized Ratio (INR).