Table 2.

Laboratory results for the patient and control groups.

	Patient group		Control group		P
	Mean ± SD	Median (IQR)	Mean ± SD	Median (IQR)
B12	161.9 ± 63.2 (73–496)	161 (120–185)	321.7 ± 126.3 (85–680)	302.5 (236.25–383.5)	<.001
FA	4.9 ± 1.4 (1.2–9.4)	4.6 (4–5.6)	7.6 ± 3.8 (3–25.1)	6.65 (4.85–9.1)	<.001
CRP	7.9 ± 11.7 (1.2–94)	4.08 (3.11–9.11)	1.7 ± 1.6 (0.07–9.71)	1.27 (0.64–2.43)	<.001
Hb	12.8 ± 1.8 (7.6–16.4)	13 (11.8–13.7)	14.0 ± 1.9 (8.9–18.3)	13.95 (12.8–15.2)	<.001
MCV	83.2 ± 7.7 (58.4–94.5)	84.8 (79.8–88)	85.5 ± 5.9 (60.9–105.4)	86.2 (82.9–88.5)	.110

CRP = C-reactive protein, FA = folic acid, Hb = hemoglobin, MCV = mean corpuscular volume.