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Demographics and baseline study of pleural effusion
p-value, difference between class of exudates; significant differences between *MPE vs. TPE, †MPE vs. PPE, and ‡TPE vs. PPE by multiple comparisons from ANOVA followed by a post-hoc Duncan's test.
MPE: malignant pleural effusion; TPE: tuberculous pleural effusion; PPE: parapneumonic pleural effusion; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; ADA: adenosine deaminase.
