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. 2022 Dec 23;6(1):63–72. doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2022-0132

Table 2.

Univariate Analysis of Demographic and Clinical Variables between Patients with and without Infusion Reaction (IR).

Without IR
(n = 32)
With IR
(n = 25)
P-value
Patient characteristics
 Age, years 52 (28-84) 64 (33-83) 0.16
 Height, m 1.56 (1.45-1.68) 1.56 (1.46-1.70) 0.91
 Body weight, kg 55 (41-97) 50 (40-100) 0.092
 BMI, kg/m2 22.4 (17-37) 20.3 (17-40) 0.058
 History of allergy, n 16 (50%) 10 (40%) 0.59
 History of smoking, n 8 (25%) 11 (44%) 0.30
 History of alcohol consumption, n 15 (47%) 9 (36%) 0.43
Estrogen receptor, n
 positive 20 (63%) 16 (64%) 1.0
 negative 12 (38%) 9 (36%)
Treatment settings, n
 pre-operative 11 (34%) 9 (36%) 0.031*
 post-operative 2 (6%) 8 (32%)
 recurrent 12 (38%) 3 (12%)
 stage IV 7 (22%) 5 (20%)
Anti-cancer drug administration within 3 months before Pmab, n
 anthracycine 13 (41%) 17 (68%) 0.061
 none or other than anthracycline 19 (59%) 8 (32%)
Blood test data
 WBC, /μL 5200 (2600-15300) 5000 (1700-15700) 0.57
 NTR, /μL 3400 (1600-12900) 3500 (850-13500) 0.63
 LYM, /μL 870 (370-2290) 860 (200-2340) 0.48
 MON, /μL 300 (160-980) 320 (100-1600) 0.76
 RBC, 104/μL 400 (300-500) 350 (210-480) <0.001
 Hb, g/dL 12.0 (9.6-14) 10.8 (6.5-14) 0.0011
 Hct, % 36 (30-44) 32 (19-42) <0.001
 MCV, fL 93 (81-100) 93 (79-99) 0.61
 MCH, pg 31 (24-42) 31 (26-35) 0.49
 MCHC, % 33 (30-35) 34 (32-35) 0.21
 PLT, 104/μL 27 (9.5-52) 26 (4.6-55) 0.69
 NLR 3.9 (1.1-14) 4.0 (1.3-26) 0.86
 MLR 0.36 (0.14-1.3) 0.49 (0.11-1.3) 0.37
 PLR 300 (110-1110) 300 (140-1000) 0.88
 AST, U/L 21 (10-53) 21 (11-420) 0.74
 ALT, U/L 17 (5-77) 16 (8-91) 0.64
 ALP, U/L 230 (60-650) 240 (95-2900) 0.50
 γ-GTP, U/L 28 (18-150) 22 (15-1400) 0.17
 LDH, U/L 220 (160-380) 210 (140-1400) 1.0
 TP, g/dL 6.9 (6.3-7.5) 6.8 (5.8-7.9) 0.27
 Alb, g/dL 4.1 (2.9-4.7) 3.9 (2.4-4.5) 0.11
 BUN, mg/dL 12 (7.0-55) 13 (6.1-21) 0.55
 Cre, mg/dL 0.59 (0.40-1.80) 0.56 (0.41-0.81) 0.81
 CRP, mg/dL 0.090 (0-3.9) 0.070 (0-5.2) 0.52

Data are median value (range) or n (%).

*Only the P-value for post-operative vs. recurrent is shown.

BMI, body mass index; WBC, white blood cell; NTR, neutrophil; LYM, lymphocyte; MON, monocyte; RBC, red blood cell; Hb, hemoglobin; Hct, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration; Plt, platelet; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; MLR, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; γ-GTP, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; TP, total protein; Alb, albumin; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cre, creatinine; CRP, C-reactive protein