Table 2.
Comparison of preoperative laboratory findings between with and without hypoabluminemia patients underwent craniotomy for brain tumor (mean ± SD).
| Variables | Non-hypoalbuminemia N = 39 (10.5%) |
Hypoalbuminemia N = 333 (89.5%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| White blood cells (109/L) | 6.13 ± 1.46 | 6.65 ± 2.45 | 0.198 |
| Red blood cells, (1012/L) | 4.79 ± 0.61 | 4.62 ± 0.48 | 0.046 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 141 ± 17 | 137 ± 15 | 0.146 |
| Hematocrit (%) | 42.9 ± 4.8 | 41.9 ± 4.2 | 0.147 |
| Platelets (109/L) | 216 ± 61 | 215 ± 61 | 0.933 |
| FIB (g/L) | 2.39 ± 0.48 | 2.57 ± 0.84 | 0.204 |
| PT (s) | 10.75 ± 0.52 | 11.00 ± 0.74 | 0.041 |
| PT-INR | 0.93 ± 0.05 | 0.95 ± 0.07 | 0.052 |
| APTT (s) | 27.33 ± 2.82 | 27.72 ± 3.73 | 0.523 |
| TT (s) | 17.07 ± 1.09 | 17.04 ± 1.17 | 0.896 |
| D-dimer (mg/L) | 0.23 ± 0.27 | 0.40 ± 1.14 | 0.352 |
| K (mmol/L) | 3.97 ± 0.39 | 4.03 ± 0.32 | 0.252 |
| Na (mmol/L) | 139.9 ± 2.4 | 140.0 ± 2.5 | 0.569 |
| Cl (mmol/L) | 105.5 ± 2.4 | 104.8 ± 2.9 | 0.160 |
| Creatinine (μmol/L) | 62.4 ± 13.9 | 64.2 ± 13.8 | 0.425 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.74 ± 1.29 | 5.71 ± 1.51 | 0.905 |
| Ca (mmol/L) | 2.40 ± 0.12 | 2.39 ± 0.19 | 0.763 |
| P (mmol/L) | 1.15 ± 0.17 | 1.20 ± 0.22 | 0.150 |
| Mg (mmol/L) | 0.88 ± 0.05 | 0.89 ± 0.08 | 0.656 |
| Prealbumin (g/L) | 0.26 ± 0.05 | 0.25 ± 0.06 | 0.221 |
| Total protein (g/L) | 72.3 ± 5.3 | 72.6 ± 5.6 | 0.743 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 44.3 ± 3.5 | 43.1 ± 3.6 | 0.036 |
| Globulin (g/L) | 27.9 ± 4.1 | 29.5 ± 4.0 | 0.019 |
| Albumin/globulin ratio | 1.62 ± 0.27 | 1.48 ± 0.22 | < 0.001 |
FIB fibrinogen, PT prothrombin time, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, TT thrombin time, K potassium, Na sodium, Cl chloride, Ca calcium, P phosphorus, Mg magnesium.