Table 2.
Baseline blood counts and biochemical markers
| HbA1c | < 7.0% (53 mmol/mol) |
7.0–10% (53–86 mmol/mol) |
>10% (>86 mmol/mol) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | ||
|
Hemoglobin (g/dl) |
12.0 (10.5–13.0) | 12.0 (10.6–13.1) | 12.0 (10.7–13.0) | 0.740 |
| White cell count (x109 /L) | 10.0 (7.0–13.0) | 10.8 (7.9–14.7) | 10.1 (7.5–15.7) | 0.302 |
|
Neutrophils (%) |
81.0 (70.0–88.0) | 84.5 (77.0–90.0) | 83.5 (75.0–90.0) | 0.028 |
|
Lymphocytes (%) |
12.0 (7.5–19.5) | 9.0 (5.0–15.0) | 11.0 (4.25–16.0) | 0.004 |
| ALT (U/L) | 30.0 (19.0–39.5) | 34.0 (22.0–60.0) | 34.0 (22.0–50.5) | 0.041 |
| GGT (U/L) | 50.0 (29.7–84.2) | 45.0 (25.0–88.0) | 47.0 (24.0–105.2) | 0.707 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.0 (0.95–1.15) | 1.07 (0.96–2.0) | 1.0 (0.89–1.63) | 0.017 |
| Urea (mg/dl) | 34 (27–55) | 46 (33–86) | 42.5 (29–83) | <0.001 |
| LDH(U/L) | 404 (308–517) | 408 (300–569) | 392 (289–536) | 0.724 |
| D-Dimer (ng/ml FEU) | 1251 (617–3086) | 1507 (766–7248) | 1728 (766–5736) | 0.138 |
| CRP (mg/dl) | 100 (38–203) | 108 (39.3–204) | 103 (52–207) | 0.779 |
| Ferritin (ng/ml) | 697 (288–1056) | 739 (362–1436) | 845 (450–1553) | 0.206 |
| Procalcitonin (ng/ml) | 0.43 (0.19–1.0) | 0.36 (0.14–1.12) | 0.46 (0.18–1.10) | 0.647 |
ALT alanine transaminase, AST, GGT Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, SD standard deviation, CRP C-Reactive protein, FEU fibrinogen-equivalent units