Table 3.

Correlations between Hpall/Mspl ratio, inflammatory markers and nutritional parameters

	WBC	Albumin	SGA	CRP	Ferritin	PCT
Hpall/Mspl ratio	ρ	−0.1826	0.1684	−0.1103	−0.1273	−0.3343	−0.3226
	p	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.0266*	0.0348*
WBC	ρ		−0.2937	−0.087	0.1128	0.2495	0.0194
	p		NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Albumin	ρ			0.1237	−0.1147	−0.1527	−0.0854
	p			NS	NS	NS	NS
SGA	ρ				−0.0821	−0.1394	−0.0606
	p				NS	NS	NS
CRP	ρ					0.3739	0.3059
	p					0.0135*	0.0488*
Ferritin	ρ						0.1299
	p						NS

NS = Not significant; WBC = white blood cells.

^*p < 0.05.