Table 2. Comparison of hematological parameters between blood culture positive and negative individuals.
TWC, total white blood cell count; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; ALC, absolute lymphocyte count; IG%, immature granulocyte percentage; IGC, immature granulocyte count; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; IT ratio, immature-to-total neutrophil ratio; IG ratio, immature granulocyte ratio
| Hematological parameters | Positive blood culture (n=100) | Negative blood culture (n=100) | p-value (<0.05) | ||||||||
| Min | Max | Mean | SD | 95% CI | Min | Max | Mean | SD | 95% CI | ||
| TWC (×103/cumm) | 2.69 | 44.79 | 14.21 | 8.14 | 12.592-15.822 | 5.15 | 14.4 | 8.534 | 1.64 | 8.209-8.859 | <0.0001 |
| ANC (×103/cumm) | 1.31 | 42.24 | 11.73 | 7.81 | 10.178-13.278 | 2.68 | 9.98 | 5.225 | 1.35 | 4.958-5.492 | <0.0001 |
| ALC (×103/cumm) | 0.31 | 4.35 | 1.641 | 0.88 | 1.466-1.816 | 0.57 | 3.57 | 2.024 | 0.57 | 1.911-2.137 | 0.0003 |
| IG% | 0 | 12.2 | 1.935 | 2.1 | 1.517-2.352 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.386 | 0.27 | 0.333-0.438 | <0.0001 |
| IGC (×103/cumm) | 0 | 4.05 | 0.345 | 0.58 | 0.230-0.459 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.036 | 0.03 | 0.031-0.042 | <0.0001 |
| NLR | 1.16 | 51.02 | 9.425 | 8.61 | 7.717-11.133 | 1.08 | 4.05 | 2.87 | 1.49 | 2.575-3.164 | <0.0001 |
| IT ratio | 0 | 67.84 | 3.311 | 8.67 | 1.591-5.031 | 0 | 3.55 | 0.732 | 0.58 | 0.617-0.847 | 0.0034 |
| IG ratio | 0 | 49.88 | 2.416 | 5.74 | 1.277-3.554 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.429 | 0.29 | 0.371-0.488 | 0.0007 |