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. 2021 Dec 26;96:111581. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111581

Table 1.

Distribution and comparison of demographic data and other laboratory parameters of participants by group

Parameter Group
P
1 (n = 32) 2 (n = 45) 3 (n = 29) Group 1 to 2 Group 1 to 3 Group 2 to 3 Groups 1, 2, and 3
Age, y 55.9 ± 9.23 65.8 ± 15.9 66.7 ± 13.8 0.007 0.008 0.963 0.003
Gender (M/F) 19/13 30/15 20/9 0.515 0.440 0.838 0.707
Mortality, % 3.13 48.9 89.7 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
IL-6, pg/mL 5.23 (3.31–5.23) 107 ± 71.5 908 ± 536 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
CRP, mg/L 20.7 (8.03–64.3) 86.3 (37.9–143) 166 (86.6–390) <0.001 <0.001 0.001 <0.001
D-dimer, mg/L 0.55 (0.35–0.95) 1.90 (0.63–5.78) 3.80 (2.07–10.1) <0.001 <0.001 0.009 <0.001
Procalcitonin, ng/mL 0.08 (0.05–0.15) 0.35 (0.10–1.28) 5.40 (1.29–15.2) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Neutrophils, × 103/µL 7.21 (4.63–11.6) 7.90 (5.10–12.2) 12.7 (7.30–17.4) 0.522 0.003 0.005 0.005
Lymphocytes, × 103/µL 0.75 (0.50–1.35) 0.70 (0.40–1.00) 0.50 (0.30–0.90) 0.392 0.018 0.123 0.067
NLR 7.63 (3.92–20.6) 11 (5.66–19.8) 26.3 (9.95–52.2) 0.301 0.001 0.009 0.002

CRP, C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin-6; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio

Values are expressed as mean ± SD, n, or median (interquartile range)