Table 4.
Median peripheral blood immune cell counts and indexes at baseline according to the baseline use of steroids
| No baseline steroids | Baseline steroids | P value* | |||
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||
| WBC† | 7.20 | 6.05–9.09 | 11.28 | 9.40–13.24 | <0.001 |
| ANC† | 5.00 | 3.95–6.45 | 8.80 | 7.13–10.53 | <0.001 |
| ALC† | 1.40 | 1.00–1.90 | 1.30 | 0.95–1.65 | 0.48 |
| AMC† | 0.50 | 0.40–0.60 | 0.60 | 0.43–080 | 0.01 |
| AEC† | 0.20 | 0.10–0.30 | 0.10 | 0.00–0.18 | 0.01 |
| REC‡ | 2.30 | 1.40–3.82 | 1.00 | 0.00–1.45 | <0.001 |
| ABC† | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.84 |
| NLR | 3.40 | 2.50–5.40 | 6.90 | 4.20–9.20 | <0.001 |
| dNLR | 2.10 | 1.70–3.00 | 3.40 | 3.00–4.70 | <0.001 |
P values below the significance threshold are reported in bold.
*Wilcoxon test
†×103.
‡%.
ABC, absolute basophil count; AEC, absolute eosinophil count; ALC, absolute lymphocyte count; AMC, absolute monocyte count; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; dNLR, derived neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio. NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; REC, relative eosinophil count; WBC, white blood count;