Table 4.

Routine blood parameters of study collectives, median (IQR).

Parameter	Healthy (n = 29)	PAD (n = 40)	AAA (n= 40)	p-Value (Groups)
Leukocytes (103/µL)	5.60 (1.80)	7.16 (2.70)	6.35 (2.70)	0.034 (H/AAA) <0.001 (H/PAD) 0.029 (PAD/AAA)
Neutrophils (103/µL)	3.00 (1.15)	4.52 (1.96)	4.00 (1.97)	0.016 (H/AAA) <0.001 (H/PAD) 0.023 (PAD/AAA)
D-dimer (µg/mL)	0.38 (0.50) *	0.75 (0.68) §	1.26 (1.13) $	<0.001 (H/AAA) 0.008 (H/PAD) 0.007 (PAD/AAA)
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	0.24 (0.42)	0.21 (0.32)	0.27 (0.42) #	0.678 (H/AAA) 0.515 (H/PAD) 0.229 (PAD/AAA)

p-values refer to group comparisons between the healthy (H), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAD) collectives by Mann–Whitney U test. * n = 27, ^§ n = 36, ^$ n = 35, ^# n = 39.