Table 1.
Clinical Characteristics of the DCG and BCG.
| Characteristics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Balance, N = 50a | Deficiency, N = 79a | p-valueb |
| Red blood cell indices (counts) | >0.99 | ||
| Abnormal | 15 (30%) | 23 (29%) | |
| Normal | 35 (70%) | 56 (71%) | |
| Groups (counts) | <0.001 | ||
| BalanceAbnormal | 15 (30%) | 0 (0%) | |
| BalanceNormal | 35 (70%) | 0 (0%) | |
| DeficiencyAbnormal | 0 (0%) | 23 (29%) | |
| DeficiencyNormal | 0 (0%) | 56 (71%) | |
| Age (yrs) | 34 (6) | 35 (6) | 0.32 |
| BMI (Body mass index, kg/m2) | 21.62 (3.34) | 21.01 (2.57) | 0.27 |
| SBP (Systolic blood pressure, mmHg) | 113 (8) | 109 (12) | 0.027 |
| DBP (Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg) | 69 (6) | 68 (8) | 0.43 |
| GLU (Blood glucose, mmol/L) | 5.20 (0.76) | 5.15 (0.55) | 0.68 |
| LDLC (Low density lipoprotein, mmol/L) | 2.85 (0.68) | 2.77 (0.62) | 0.46 |
| TC (Total cholesterol, mmol/L) | 4.75 (0.77) | 4.65 (0.71) | 0.46 |
| TG (Triglyceride, mmol/L) | 0.91 (0.37) | 0.88 (0.37) | 0.67 |
| HDLC (High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L) | 1.53 (0.25) | 1.50 (0.32) | 0.5 |
| CRP (C-reactive protein, mg/L) | 1.08 (2.00) | 1.03 (2.35) | 0.88 |
| NEUT (Neutrophil, 109/L) | 3.50 (1.37) | 3.32 (1.23) | 0.46 |
| MONO (Monocyte, 109/L) | 0.38 (0.11) | 0.37 (0.11) | 0.92 |
| EOSIN (Eosinophil. 109/L) | 0.12 (0.10) | 0.11 (0.08) | 0.47 |
| MCHC (Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, g/L) | 330 (9) | 326 (12) | 0.02 |
| MCH (Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, pg) | 29.1 (2.4) | 28.9 (3.2) | 0.67 |
| MCV (Mean corpuscular volume, fL) | 88 (6) | 89 (8) | 0.75 |
| MPV (Meam platelet volume, fL) | 10.03 (0.95) | 10.32 (0.87) | 0.091 |
| LYM (Iymphocyte, 109/L) | 1.98 (0.52) | 1.82 (0.48) | 0.086 |
| WBC (White blood cell, 109/L) | 6.01 (1.62) | 5.66 (1.53) | 0.22 |
| RDW (Red blood cell distribution width, %) | 12.47 (1.04) | 12.63 (1.38) | 0.45 |
| HCT (Hematocrit, %) | 40.11 (2.64) | 39.25 (2.36) | 0.065 |
| RBC (Red blood cell, 1012/L) | 4.57 (0.47) | 4.47 (0.49) | 0.23 |
| PDW (Platelet distribution width, fL) | 11.44 (2.08) | 11.78 (2.34) | 0.39 |
| PCT (Procalcitonin, ng/mL) | 0.27 (0.04) | 0.26 (0.05) | 0.51 |
| PLT (Platelet, 109/L) | 269 (50) | 254 (57) | 0.12 |
| Hb (Hemoglobin, g/L) | 132 (10) | 128 (9) | 0.01 |
| TBA (μmol/L) | 6.20 (7.15) | 3.65 (2.27) | 0.018 |
| TP (Total protein, g/L) | 74.8 (4.0) | 74.7 (3.6) | 0.82 |
| IL27 (Interleukin-27, pg./mL) | 697 (1,281) | 566 (1,276) | 0.57 |
an (%); Mean (SD). bFisher’s exact test; Welch Two Sample t-test.