Table 2.2.
Distribution of maximum recorded value of inflammatory markers and coagulation factors across patients from different categories of cancer and no cancer
| Laboratory Parameters | No Cancer N = 50,568 |
Unspecified Cancer N = 541 |
Hematological N = 147 |
Solid Cancer N = 288 |
P Value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflammatory marker | |||||
| Total leukocyte Count (Cells /mm3) | 8890 (5980, 12,500) | 8900 (5600, 13,500) | 10,300(4000, 22,800) | 9200 (6500, 14,700) | 0.016 |
| CRP (mg/L) | 44.49(10.5, 124) | 56.08 (8.8, 102) | 61.4 (15.9, 147.4) | 73 (14.3, 125.505) | 0.1169 |
| LDH (IU/L) | 454 (291, 658) | 426 (286.5, 696) | 455.5 (352.3, 696) | 370.6 (265, 580) | 0.04 |
| Ferritin (ng/ml) | 452 (170.15, 698) | 489 (188.15, 1000) | 749.55(304.55, 1768.5) | 378 (168.3, 1019) | 0.15 |
| Procalcitonin (ng/ml) | 0.222 (0.1, 0.88) | 0.224 (0.1, 0.86) | 0.84 (0.41, 7.6) | 1.04 (0.25, 4.22) | 0.003 |
| IL 6_level (pg/ml) | 19.3 (6.2, 65.59) | 34.45 (10.34, 99.08) | 43.8 (11.2, 74) | 70 (29.8, 284.2) | 0.003 |
| Coagulation | |||||
| PT (seconds) | 13.8 (12.3, 15.6) | 14.6 (13.2, 16.7) | 14.7 (12.4, 17.9) | 13.4 (11.8, 16.35) | 0.41 |
| INR | 1.09 (1, 1.21) | 1.16 (1.02, 1.339) | 1.16 (1.08, 1.41) | 1.14 (1.02, 1.3) | < 0.001 |
| D_Dimer (mg/L) | 0.92 (0.36, 5.19) | 0.83 (0.27, 2.25) | 1.1 (0.46, 4.03) | 1.2 (0.57, 3.11) | < 0.001 |
*P value for Kruskal wallis test