Table 1.
Comparison of the parameters in pleural effusion in the two groups
| Parameters | MPE | BPE | Mann‐Whitney U test | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pPOSTN (ng/mL) | 110.1 (11.6‐446.8) | 460.6 (82.6‐636.8) | 476.000 | 0.000 |
| sPOSTN (ng/mL) | 298.3 (204.0‐404.0) | 279.9 (251.7‐294.0) | 565.500 | 0.005 |
| pADA (U/L) | 13.9 (3.1‐61.6) | 46.2 (22.1‐72.5) | 309.500 | 0.000 |
| pTP (g/L) | 47.8 (19.0‐67.4) | 48.2 (41.6‐55.2) | 830.000 | 0.654 |
| pLDH (U/L) | 433 (96‐4346) | 592 (240‐960) | 783.500 | 0.486 |
| pGLU (mmol/L) | 6.64 (0.10‐11.35) | 5.27 (3.52‐6.61) | 629.500 | 0.025 |
| pWBC (103/μL) | 1.28 (0.04‐10.56) | 2.66 (0.87‐4.46) | 640.500 | 0.032 |
| pRBC (103/μL) | 7.00 (0.06‐780.00) | 1.88 (0.83‐6.14) | 597.500 | 0.011 |
| pFer (μg/L) | 1182 (51‐15 000) | 1018 (492‐1457) | 817.500 | 0.576 |
| pCA125 (U/mL) | 1601.9 (2.8‐26 681.9) | 418.9 (119.1‐1373.4) | 501.000 | 0.001 |
| pCA199 (U/mL) | 8.3 (0.8‐20 210.0) | 2.4 (1.6‐4.5) | 525.000 | 0.001 |
| sCRP (mg/L) | 15.4 (3.0‐130.0) | 63.2 (24.9‐125.0) | 337.000 | 0.000 |
| sTP (g/L) | 67.2 (46.9‐90.0) | 65.8 (58.6‐69.7) | 734.000 | 0.191 |
| sPOSTN/pADA | 21.13 (6.56‐109.10) | 5.90 (3.58‐11.09) | 265.000 | 0.000 |
| pCA199/pADA | 0.637 (0.035‐1467.824) | 0.060 (0.030‐0.147) | 259.000 | 0.000 |
| pCA199/pPOSTN | 0.078 (0.005‐272.413) | 0.010 (0.004‐0.033) | 282.000 | 0.000 |
Median (min‐max) in the parameters in the table.