Table 2.

Laboratory features stratified by the presence or absence of CRP values ≥ 10 mg/L

	All patients (N = 148)	CRP ≥ 10 (n = 87)	CRP < 10 (n = 61)	P-value
Age in years; median (range) Evaluable = 148	75 (36–92)	75 (36–92)	75 (55–90)	0.538
Sex (male); n (%) Evaluable = 148	97 (66%)	52 (60%)	45 (74%)	0.083
Leukocytes G/L; median (range) Evaluable = 148	13.1 (3.0–200)	15.4 (3.0–200)	10.8 (3.1–152)	0.177
Hemoglobin g/dL; median (range) Evaluable = 148	11.1 (4.3–16.5)	10.5 (4.3–14.8)	12.2 (5.4–16.5)	0.000
Platelets G/L; median (range) Evaluable = 148	101 (3–718)	102 (5.0–705)	97 (3–718)	0.739
PB blasts %; median (range) Evaluable = 126	0 (0–79)	0 (0–79)	0 (0–38)	0.491

CRP C-reactive protein, PB peripheral blood