Table 4.
CRP levels by pre- and post-RT pain stratified by obesity
| BMI | Pre-RT pain | Post RT pain | N | Pre-RT CRP | Post-RT CRP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Median | P 1 | Mean | SD | Median | P 1 | P 2 | ||||
| NA | No | No | 194 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 0.278 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 0.034 | 0.675 |
| NA | No | Yes | 57 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 0.936 | ||
| NA | Yes | No | 20 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 2.2 | 0.010 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 0.075 | 0.807 |
| NA | Yes | Yes | 34 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 0.278 | ||
| < 30 | No | No | 130 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 0.786 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 0.169 | 0.423 |
| < 30 | No | Yes | 31 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 3.2 | 0.366 | ||
| < 30 | Yes | No | 10 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 0.393 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.647 | 0.676 |
| < 30 | Yes | Yes | 11 | 12.1 | 16.8 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 0.304 | ||
| ≥ 30 | No | No | 64 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 0.480 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 0.368 | 0.497 |
| ≥ 30 | No | Yes | 26 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 0.259 | ||
| ≥ 30 | Yes | No | 10 | 6.4 | 11.3 | 2.7 | 0.022 | 7.7 | 13.3 | 3.5 | 0.142 | 0.114 |
| ≥ 30 | Yes | Yes | 23 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 0.677 | ||
1Unadjusted P value from the Wilcoxon two-sample test (comparing 2 groups by pain status)
2P value from the paired t test within each group (comparing pre-RT and post-RT CRP). Significant findings are in italics