Table 3.

Routine laboratory data

		CRFS cases		Controls
Variable	Laboratory reference range	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p Value
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	12–16	12.9	0.78	12.9	0.91	0.94
White cell count (×109/l)	4–11	5.89	1.51	6.12	2.1	0.26
Neutrophil (×109/l)	1.7–8.0	3.54	1.08	4.41	4.7	0.17
Lymphocyte (×109/l)	1.0–4.0	1.84	0.71	1.80	0.68	0.79
Monocyte (×109/l)	0.24–1.1	0.36	0.16	0.37	0.12	0.60
Platelet (×109/l)	150–450	274	55.5	269	53.7	0.63
Sodium (mmol/l)	135–145	139.27	2.07	139.52	2.22	0.55
Potassium (mmol/l)	3.5–4.7	4.18	0.34	4.20	0.23	0.744
Urea (mmol/l)	2.5–8.0	5.48	1.19	5.74	1.53	0.32
Creatinine (µm/l)	60–110	64.10	8.29	66.59	8.20	0.13
Uncorrected calcium (mmol/l)	2.18–2.47	2.36	0.099	2.37	0.099	0.56
Adjusted calcium (mmol/l)	NA	2.38	0.085	2.40	0.085	0.31
Phosphate (mmol/l)	0.75–1.50	1.12	0.15	1.08	0.20	0.24
Alkaline phosphatase (IU/l)	30–100	74.07	21.86	67.58	19.56	0.12
Alanine transaminase (IU/l)	0–40	25.16	11.16	27.72	14.17	0.32
Bilirubin (µmol/l)	0–17	6.81	3.15	7.35	2.98	0.37
Albumin (g/l)	35–48	38.67	2.90	38.56	2.06	0.83
GGT (IU/l)	0–30	29.33	23.54	30.49	24.92	0.81
TSH (mU/l)	0.4–4.0	2.63	3.31	3.25	5.05	0.50
Free T4 (pmol/l)	12–24	13.36	4.17	13.04	3.14	0.67
Magnesium (mmol/l)	0.74–1.03	0.86	0.68	0.86	0.08	0.74

CRFS, cancer-related fatigue syndrome; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone.