Table 1 Demography and pleural fluid characteristics of the studied patients
From: Relations between serum and pleural fluid biomarkers: a new look of an old concept
Variable | Total (n = 150) |
|---|---|
Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 53.63 ± 13.57 |
Sex (male) (number, %) | 71, 47.33% |
Smoking history (yes) (number, %) | 58, 38.67% |
Pleural fluid glucose (g/dl) (mean ± SD) | 93.01 ± 48.91 |
Pleural fluid protein (g/dl) (mean ± SD) | 4.75 ± 1.04 |
Serum protein (g/dl)(mean ± SD) | 6.45 ± 0.86 |
Pleural fluid/serum protein (mean ± SD) | 0.75 ± 0.19 |
Pleural fluid LDH (U/I) (mean ± SD) | 720.70 ± 523.20 |
Serum LDH (U/l) (mean ± SD) | 312.70 ± 141.80 |
Pleural fluid LDH/Serum LDH | 2.78 ± 2.17 |
Pleural fluid ADA (U/l) (mean ± SD) | 24.63 ± 12.43 |
Cancer ratio (mean ± SD) | 17.02 ± 13.46 |
Pleural fluid lymphocyte count (%) (mean ± SD) | 0.52 ± 0.24 |
Cancer ratio plus (mean ± SD) | 47.44 ± 62.09 |
Serum LDH/pleural fluid lymphocyte count (mean ± SD) | 847.10 ± 816.10 |