(3) Laboratory Data.
| At the Start of Treatment |
Current |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid Cancer (−) | Thyroid Cancer (+) | P | Thyroid Cancer (−) | Thyroid Cancer (+) | P | |
| WBC (/µL) | 4276 | 4433 | .496 | 5413 | 5766 | .474 |
| Lymphocytes (/µL) | 1055 | 648 | .371 | 957 | 1339 | .092 |
| Hb (g/dL) | 11.1 | 10.4 | .333 | 12.8 | 10.6 | .0341 |
| Plt (×104/µL) | 16.7 | 22.4 | .35 | 24 | 30.7 | .112 |
| Cre (mg/dL) | 0.47 | 0.55 | .266 | 1.41 | 0.48 | .282 |
| CH50 (U/mL) | 22.1 | 7.0 | .298 | 32.8 | 38.8 | .618 |
| C3 (mg/dL) | 64.2 | 60.0 | .616 | 84.2 | 86 | .641 |
| C4 (mg/dL) | 11.4 | 11.0 | .693 | 16.1 | 20.3 | .37 |
| CRP (mg/dL) | 0.975 | 0.563 | .519 | 0.098 | 0.423 | .325 |
| SAA (µg/mL) | 167.5 | 226.4 | .229 | 10.05 | 28.67 | .146 |
| ESR (mm/h) | 47.1 | 68.0 | .334 | 16.4 | 23 | .926 |
| ANA (fold) | 1647 | 1493 | .687 | 769 | 40 | .243 |
| Homogeneous type | 15/26 | 1/3 | .573 | 8/14 | 1/1 | .243 |
| Speckled type | 19/26 | 2/3 | 1 | 12/14 | 1/1 | 1 |
| Nucleolar type | 1/26 | 0/3 | 1 | 0/14 | 0/1 | 1 |
| Peripheral type | 0/26 | 0/3 | 1 | 0/14 | 0/1 | 1 |
| Centromere type | 0/26 | 0/3 | 1 | 0/14 | 0/1 | 1 |
| Granular type | 0/26 | 0/3 | 1 | 1/14 | 0/1 | 1 |
| Nuclearmembrane type | 0/26 | 0/3 | 1 | 0/14 | 0/1 | 1 |
| Anti-DNA Ab (IU/mL) | 88.3 | 135.6 | .709 | 10.23 | 6.33 | .367 |
| Anti-dsDNA IgG (IU/mL) | 126.5 | 183.5 | .876 | 8.73 | 6.07 | .316 |
| Anti-Sm Ab | 15/22 | 2/3 | 1 | 6/22 | 0/3 | .554 |
| Anti-U1RNP Ab | 6/18 | 2/3 | 1 | 2/20 | 0/3 | 1 |
| Anti-SSA Ab | 19/24 | 1/3 | .156 | 17/23 | 1/3 | .215 |
| Anti-SSB Ab | 8/23 | 1/3 | 1 | 6/23 | 0/3 | 1 |
| Anti-cardiolipin Ab | 13/22 | 2/3 | 1 | 3/13 | 2/2 | .095 |
| Lupus anti-coagulant | 7/21 | 0/3 | .53 | 3/12 | 0/1 | 1 |
| BFP | 0/4 | 0/1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 |
| Hemolytic anemia | 1/25 | 0/3 | 1 | 0/26 | 0/3 | .316 |
| Proteinuria (mg/dL) | 111 | 22.0 | .139 | 3.14 | 11.8 | .187 |
| Hematuria | 5/25 | 2/3 | .145 | 1/25 | 0/3 | 1 |
| Urine granular cast | 1/25 | 2/3 | .023 | 1/25 | 0/3 | 1 |
Abbreviations: WBC, white blood cells; Hb, hemoglobin; Plt, platelet; Cre, creatinine; CH50, 50% hemolytic complement; C3, complement component 3; C4, complement component 4; CRP, C-reactive protein; SAA, serum amyloid A; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ANA, anti-nuclear antibody; Ab, antibody; BFP, biological false positive.