Table 2.

The detailed characteristics of platelet count and D-dimer content during the first two-cycle treatment

Values	N	Before Treatment	After Treatment	Statistic(Z)	P-value
Platelet count	52
Median		230	211	−2.222	0.026
Quartiles		172-281.8	159.75-236.5
Decrease group	33
Median		248	211	−5.012	0.000
Quartiles		192-335	159-233.5
Increase group	19
Median		172	211	−3.726	0.000
Quartiles		133-225	159-276
D-dimer content	52
Median		0.94	0.725	−2.687	0.007
Quartiles		0.53-2.72	0.31-1.415
Decrease group	37
Median		1.48	0.42	−5.303	0.000
Quartiles		0.53-3.24	0.245-1.145
Increase group	15
Median		0.88	1.22	−3.408	0.001
1Quartiles		0.47-0.95	1.00-2.09

In our laboratory, 125-350(*10⁹/L) is adopted as the cut-off value for normal platelet; < 0.5 μg/ml is used as the cut-off value for normal D-dimer