TABLE 1.
Characteristics of study populationa
| Patient characteristic | TBP | Non-TBP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung cancer | Pneumonia | Liver cirrhosis | ||
| n | 281 | 30 | 8 | 13 |
| Age, yr (mean ± SD) | 34.1 ± 13.9 | 52.9 ± 17.7 | 38.1 ± 19.2 | 47.5 ± 18.3 |
| Sex (no. F/no. M)b | 82/199 | 13/17 | 3/5 | 3/10 |
| Total cell count | 319.5 ± 2,418.8 | 3,560.8 ± 3,183.9# | 3,441.1 ± 3,705.9# | 970.7 ± 1,355.7* |
| Lymphocyte (%) | 79.3 ± 13.8 | 64.0 ± 20.0* | 73.8 ± 24.9# | 58.0 ± 28.0* |
| Total protein (U/liter) | 52.8 ± 8.5 | 45.6 ± 11.7* | 50.5 ± 8.2# | 25.6 ± 21.2* |
| ALP (U/liter) | 36.5 ± 13.3 | 50.2 ± 34.7* | 35.2 ± 20.9# | 36.8 ± 51.3# |
| LDH (U/liter) | 445.9 ± 301.6 | 659.37 ± 613.8* | 566.6 ± 774.4# | 204.2 ± 144.5* |
| ADA (U/liter) | 36.1 ± 13.3 | 13.4 ± 7.8* | 38.1 ± 19.2# | 11.8 ± 14.1* |
a
All groups compared with TBP group. #, P is not significant; *, P < 0.01.
b
F, female; M, male.