Table 3. Amount and composition of original and processed ascites.

Items	Original ascites	Processed ascites
Amount of ascites (n = 348) [g]	3,709 ± 1,730 [700–13,030]	491 ± 320 [100–3,150]
Concentration ratio (n = 348)	9.2 ± 4.9 [2.0–37.0]
Total protein concentration (n = 275) [g/dL]	2.7 ± 1.5 [0.3–8.8]	13.6 ± 6.6 [1.0–33.7]
Albumin concentration (n = 273) [g/dL]	1.4 ± 0.8 [0.1–3.7]	7.4 ± 3.8 [0.3–19.9]

Concentration ratio represents the ratio of the concentration in the original ascites to that in the processed ascites. Numbers in the brackets indicate the ranges.