Table 4.

Patients’ differential blood count according to ER/PR expression on the primary tumors

Cell type	Reference values	ER/PR−	ER/PR+	P-value
White blood cells	4,000–10,000/μL	7,340±321	7,780±555	0.72
Neutrophils	2,000–8,000/μL	4,864±273	4,689±345	0.51
	45%–80%	65.6±1.2	60.6±1.8	0.05*
Eosinophils	50–700/μL	101±19	195±60	0.06
	≤1.5%	1.4±0.2	22±0.4	0.11
Basophils	≤200/μL	21±3	27±4	0.21
	≤0.2%	0.3±0	0.3±0	0.33
Lymphocytes	1,000–4,000/μL	1,805±71	2,304±230	0.03*
	20%–55%	25.2±1.1	29.5±1.9	0.05*
Monocytes	300–1,000/μL	545±33	565±48	0.83
	≤15%	7.5±0.3	7.4±0.5	0.78
Thrombocytes	150,000–450,000/μL	268,000±19,696	264,765±18,055	0.93

Notes:

Data presented as mean ± standard error.

^*P<0.05.

Abbreviations: ER, estrogen; PR, progesterone.