Table 2.

The laboratory data about peripheral monocyte blood cell count and hs-CRP according to CKD stage.

	CKD stage 1	CKD stage 2	CKD stage 3	P value#
	N = 245	N = 518	N = 156
Peripheral monocyte blood cell count, /mm3	336 ± 260	356 ± 349	397 ± 271	0.314
hs-CRP, mg/L	4.30 ± 5.98	4.19 ± 5.36	8.15 ± 14.53†‡	<0.001

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

^#Statistical significance based on one-way ANOVA analysis for continuous variables.

^† P < 0.05 between CKD stage 1 patients and CKD stage 3 patients.

^‡ P < 0.05 between CKD stage 2 patients and CKD stage 3 patients.

Statistical significance of peripheral monocyte blood cell count based on t-test for continuous variables.

Statistical significance of hs-CRP based on Mann Whitney test for continuous variables due to hs-CRP levels was not normally distributed.

CKD: chronic kidney disease; hs-CRP: high-sensitive C-reactive protein.