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. 2016 Jun 16;12(19):2205–2214. doi: 10.2217/fon-2016-0046

Table 3. . Serum albumin, total calcium and albumin-corrected calcium by melanoma site.

Site Albumin (g/dl), n = 564 (mean ± SD) Calcium (mg/dl), n = 644 (mean ± SD) Albumin-corrected calcium (mg/dl), n = 564 (mean ± SD)
Head and neck
4.11 ± 0.33
9.41 ± 0.50
9.50 ± 0.43
Trunk
4.14 ± 0.34§
9.49 ± 0.49
9.57 ± 0.44
Upper limb and shoulders
4.14 ± 0.32§
9.46 ± 0.50
9.52 ± 0.49
Lower limb and hip
4.19 ± 0.39§
9.57 ± 0.46
9.65 ± 0.42
NOS/overlapping 3.81 ± 0.48§ 9.29 ± 0.56 9.57 ± 0.33

Head and neck includes face/ears, scalp/neck and other/unspecified parts of face.

p = 0.002; §p ≥ 0.0003.

NOS: not otherwise specified ; SD: Standard deviation.