Table 1 Characteristics of healthy subjects and patients with NSCLC

From: The relationship between circulating concentrations of C-reactive protein, inflammatory cytokines and cytokine receptors in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

 

Healthy controls (n=11)

NSCLC patients (n=50)

P-value

Age

66 (46–74)

64 (43–83)

0.894

Sex (M/F)

5/6

24/26

0.917

BMI

25.4 (22.4–28.9)

21.9 (14.8–64.2)

0.017

Albumin (g l−1)

43 (41–46)

40 (28–44)

<0.001

White cell count (109 l−1)

6.7 (4.1–8.4)

9.21 (5.1–23.5)

<0.001

C-reactive protein (mg l−1)

<6 (<6–<6)

26 (6–207)

<0.001

IL-6 (pg ml−1)

<2 (<2–<2)

13 (<2–103)

<0.001

SIL-6R (ng ml−1)

16.1 (14.9–24.2)

18.8 (7.8–46.0)

0.291

Sgp130 (ng ml−1)

234 (175–290)

298 (227–448)

<0.001

sTNF-RII (ng ml−1)

1.5 (1.2–7.5)

2.9 (1.5–6.8)

0.001

IL-1Ra (pg ml−1)

286 (129–368)

539 (132–2129)

<0.001

IL-8 (pg ml−1)

<10 (<10–<10)

13.9 (<10–118)

<0.001

  1. Median (range).
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