Table 1.
Laboratory data at the time of diagnosis of CD (or the earliest available after diagnosis)
| Descriptive statistics
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | No | Mean | Median | Minimum | Maximum | SD |
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| WCC (109/L) | 51 | N/A | 6.31 | 1.53 | 16.4 | 3.33206 |
| Hb (g/dL) | 51 | N/A | 7.3 | 4.1 | 14 | 2.26144 |
| MCV (fL) | 51 | 90.72 | 89.2 | 73.1 | 112.2 | 8.82017 |
| MCH (pg) | 51 | 29.25 | 28.4 | 23.1 | 36.1 | 3.1604 |
| Platelets (109/L) | 51 | N/A | 172 | 8 | 533 | 134.40245 |
| LDH (μ/L) | 40 | N/A | 335 | 119 | 1,530 | 358.41399 |
| CRP (mg/L) | 35 | 129.78 | 112 | 8 | 346 | 80.4496 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 36 | 22.53 | 21.5 | 10 | 44 | 7.161 |
| Sodium (mmol/L) | 49 | 132.92 | 133 | 120 | 151 | 5.57089 |
| Ferritin (μg/L) | 30 | N/A | 1,500 | 65 | 7,863 | 2101.80152 |
Abbreviations: CD, Castleman disease; CRP, C reactive protein; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; WCC, white cell count; N/A, not available.