Table 2 Levels of immunoglobulins, total protein, complement factors and regulators in ascites fluids

Diagnosis	No.	IgG (g l⁻¹)	IgM (g l⁻¹)	Protein (g l⁻¹)	C3 (g l⁻¹)	C4 (g l⁻¹)	C1INH (g l⁻¹)	FH/FHL-1 (g l⁻¹)	MCP	DAF	CD59
Ovarian cancer	1	7.698	0.329	84.0	0.466	<0.064	0.127	0.618	+ (U)^a	−	+++
	2	5.431	0.371	64.0	0.777	0.205	0.253	0.677	+	−	+
	3	7.356	0.225	79.5	0.673	0.200	0.159	0.718	+	−	+++
	4	5.106	0.211	74.5	0.786	0.136	0.240	1.498	+ (L)	−	+
	5	8.409	0.377	91.5	1.388	0.205	0.213	0.473	−	−	+
	6	12.86	0.311	96.5	0.436	0.113	0.201	1.148	−	−	++
	7	7.293	0.315	86.5	0.929	0.190	0.241	0.543	−	−	++
	8	10.00	0.377	64.5	0.900	0.160	0.262	0.767	−	−	+
	9	8.929	0.338	82.5	0.687	0.123	0.198	0.871	+ (U)	−	++
	10	13.66	0.659	77.0	0.620	0.102	0.184	1.169	+ (U)	−	+
	11	7.825	0.445	91.5	0.898	0.125	0.173	0.375	+ (U)	−	+
	12	9.329	0.267	89.5	0.961	0.194	0.215	0.941	−	−	++
	Mean±s.d.	8.66±2.58	0.35±0.12	81.79±10.40	0.79±0.25	0.15±0.05	0.21±0.04	0.758±0.312
Other gynaecological neoplasms	13	6.818	0.311	64.5	0.903	0.130	0.215	0.700	−	−	++
	14	38.75	0.516	107.5	0.889	0.104	0.175	0.821	−	−	++++
	15	<0.042	0.710	41.0	0.777	0.131	0.168	0.395	−	−	+
	16	8.071	0.346	84.5	0.772	0.200	0.144	0.424	−	−	+++++
Liver failure	17	2.13	0.250	9.3	<0.177	<0.064	<0.031	0.016	−	−	−
	18	2.74	0.416	7.9	<0.177	<0.064	<0.031	0.050	−	−	−
Serum	NHS	8.0–18.0	0.6–2.7	62–76	0.5–1.5	0.15–0.50	0.12–0.24	0.335–0.587	−	−	−

^aU=upper Mw form predominating; L=lower Mw form predominating.
For methods, see Materials and Methods. The values in normal human serum samples are shown for comparison. They represent mean±2 s.d. in 100 healthy blood donors.

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