Table 1.

General characteristic of surgical procedure and of individuals enrolled in the study (means ± SD).

	Control group	Gastric cancer	Other
Age (years)	57 ± 7	64 ± 15	57 ± 7
Gender (M-men/W-women)	(5-M/10-W)	(11-M/12-W)	(4-M/11-K)
BMI (kg/m2)	25.40 ± 3.34	24.40 ± 4.50	26.50 ± 3.34
RBC (×1012 cells/L)	4.84 ± 0.39	4.30 ± 0.85*	4.50 ± 0.50
Platelets count (×109 cells/L)	223 ± 48	279 ± 86	255 ± 70
WBC count (×109 cells/L)	6.42 ± 2.50	6.78 ± 1.99	6.29 ± 2.38
CRP (mg/L)	8.38 [1.0; 15.5]	13.21 [1.0; 47.1]*	6.53 [1.0; 31.1]

BMI—body mass index; RBC—red blood cells; Hb—hemoglobin; WBC—white blood cells; CRP—C-reactive protein;

^*p < 0.05 (vs. control group).