Table 2.

Correlations between serum enzyme levels and liver/bone metastatic characteristics in NSCLC patients

Characteristics	Liver/bone metastasis		P-value
Median (range)	Positive	Negative
AAPR	0.40 (0.02–0.74)	0.47 (0.02–44.38)	0.000*
ALP (U/L)	95.40 (47.00–1,573.00)	80.17 (1.46–2,170.00)	0.000*
LDH (U/L)	201.50 (117.00–966.00)	189.00 (46.00–691.00)	0.078
Albumin (g/L)	38.40 (26.60–51.30)	38.06 (23.50–64.80)	0.641

Note: *P<0.05.

Abbreviations: AAPR, albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer.