Table 2. Correlation between clinical variables and CTCs, clinical variables and platelet cloaking, and clinical variables and CTC clusters.

	Estimate	SD	z_value	p_value
Average CTCs per 3 mL
BMI	0.01	1.58	0.00	1.00
Weight	0.97	1.52	0.64	0.52
Height	-1.11	1.23	-0.91	0.36
Hb	-0.50	1.35	-0.37	0.71
WCC	6.25	1.06	5.90	0.00
PSA	-1.03	1.18	-0.87	0.38
WC	1.10	1.45	0.76	0.45
Platelet Cloaking
BMI	0.34	0.29	1.16	0.25
Weight	-0.08	0.32	-0.26	0.79
Height	-0.24	0.23	-1.02	0.31
Hb	-0.31	0.35	-0.89	0.37
WCC	-0.56	0.56	-1.02	0.31
PSA	0.07	0.24	0.30	0.76
WC	0.18	0.30	0.59	0.56
CTC Clusters
BMI	-0.36	0.29	-1.23	0.22
Weight	-0.34	0.28	-1.20	0.23
Height	-0.42	0.30	-1.40	0.16
Hb	-0.14	0.30	-0.46	0.65
WCC	-0.22	0.36	-0.60	0.55
PSA	1.58	0.77	2.06	0.04
WC	-0.44	0.29	-1.55	0.12

Statistical analyses included a generalized mixed linear model (CTCs) and logistic regression (platelet cloaking and CTC clusters). Bonferonni corrected p-value threshold of 0.05.

BMI body mass index, Hb hemoglobin, PSA prostate specific antigen, SD standard deviation, WC waist circumference, WCC white cell count.