Table 2.

Baseline laboratory characteristics of patients and controls.

	Patients n = 94  (mean ± SD)	Controls n = 60  (mean ± SD)	P value
Hemoglobin, g/dL	13.59 ± 1.96	14.37 ± 1.45	0.005
Leucocyte, ×109/L	7.34 ± 1.90	6.81 ± 1.43	0.520
Platelet, ×109/L	287.25 ± 84.53	271.36 ± 54.72	0.159
Neutrophil, ×109/L	4.42 ± 1.22	3.72 ± 0.96	<0.0001
Lymphocyte, ×109/L	2.25 ± 0.73	2.37 ± 0.65	0.280
NLR, %	2.06 ± 0.61	1.59 ± 0.42	<0.0001
ESR, mm/h	11.34 ± 10.32	6.40 ± 4.13	<0.0001
CRP, mg/L	3.17 ± 2.11	2.43 ± 1.57	0.380

NLR: neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP: C-reactive protein.