Table 2.

The mean, standard deviation (Mean ± SD) of d-dimer level distributed according to stage of the disease.

Stages of disease	Mean of d-dimer levela	No. of patients studied	Std. Deviation
Stage I	0.1000	2	0.00000
stage II a	0.4000	5	0.25820
stage II b	0.4857	8	0.27946
stage III a	0.5200	6	0.25884
stage III b	0.6455	12	0.28413
stage III c	1.1000	1	.
stage IV	1.0000	1	.

^aNormal d-dimer level<0.25 mg/l.