Table 2.
Flow cytometric quantification of circulating MPs levels among the 107 study patients.
| Variables | One-year survivors (n = 56) |
One-year nonsurvivors (n = 51) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD31+CD42b−AN-V+ (counts/mL)∗ | 9604.47 ± 10879.55 | 8979.27 ± 8496.78 | 0.743 |
| CD31+CD42b−AN-V− (counts/mL)∗ | 942.33 ± 1556.86 | 2473.18 ± 3827.60 | 0.006 |
| CD31+CD42b+AN-V+ (counts/mL)∗ | 30435.52 ± 29380.62 | 39718.43 ± 32105.38 | 0.118 |
| CD31+CD42b+AN-V− (counts/mL)∗ | 92391.74 ± 206545.58 | 48540.96 ± 100731.50 | 0.171 |
| CEA† | 45.59 ± 119.28 | 130.11 ± 456.11 | 0.177 |
*CD31+CD42b−AN-V+ = endothelial-derived apoptotic microparticles; CD31+CD42b−AN-V− = endothelial-derived activated microparticles; CD31+CD42b+AN-V+ = platelet-derived apoptotic microparticles; CD31+CD42b+AN-V− = platelet-derived activated microparticles.
†CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen.