Table 3. Association of CRP with PSA, WBC and Lymphocytes at Each Time Point.

^a (10³ cells/μL)

^b (μg/mL)

AA: Androgen ablation; RT: Radiotherapy; PSA: Prostate-specific antigen; CRP: C-reactive protein; FU: Follow-up; WBC: White blood cells.

	% increase of PSA per 1-unit CRP increase	p-value	% change of WBC per 1-unita CRP increase	p-value	% increase of lymphocytes per 1-unitb CRP increase	p-value
pre-AA	0.4%	0.7525	0.8%	0.0028	0.46%	0.202
pre-RT	0.9%	0.4994	0.8%	0.0316	0.07%	0.897
post-RT	2.8%	0.0871	0.5%	0.0113	0.55%	0.1605
3-month FU	0.7%	0.2772	0.7%	0.0658	0.3%	0.5683