Table 2.

Baseline laboratory characteristics of 76 children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL and T-ALL) treated at three referral centers in Ceará, Brazil, between September 2007 and December 2009.

	Overall (n = 76)	B-ALL (n = 68)	T-ALL (n = 8)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	8.24 ± 2.68	7.9 ± 2.55	10.8 ± 2.45
WBC × 109 cells/L	31.77 ± 53.35	24.30 ± 4.80	95.25 ± 36.31
Platelets × 109 cells/L	109.80 ± 122.92	109.97 ± 123.16	108.38 ± 129.34
LDH level (U/L)	1506.43 ± 1194.03	1458.50 ± 140.5	1913.88 ± 524.17
CD10 positivity n (%)	72 (95)	66 (97.1)	2 (25)

Levels expressed as mean values ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

WBC: white blood cells; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase.