Table 2 Relationship between platelet indices and pathological characteristics in CRC patients.

From: Evaluation of platelet indices as diagnostic biomarkers for colorectal cancer

Variables

N

PC (×109/L)

p

MPV (fl)

p

PDW (%)

p

PCT (%)

p

Gender

  

0.1698

 

0.6367

 

0.4163

 

0.8311

  Male

467

269.2 ± 4.051

 

10.17 ± 0.2230

 

13.54 ± 0.1374

0.271 ± 0.0070

 

  Female

316

277.2 ± 4.799

 

10.37 ± 0.3965

 

13.73 ± 0.1959

0.269 ± 0.0049

 

Age

  

0.009

 

0.9548

 

0.6974

 

0.4726

  ≤60

357

281.5 ± 4.665

 

10.27 ± 0.3542

 

13.67 ± 0.1383

0.274 ± 0.0047

 

  >60

426

265.3 ± 4.110

 

10.24 ± 0.2405

 

13.58 ± 0.1743

0.267 ± 0.0075

 

Location

  

0.0002

 

0.3219

 

0.4754

 

0.002

  Colon

430

283.2 ± 4.691

 

10.22 ± 0.2400

 

13.54 ± 0.1639

0.279 ± 0.0049

 

  Rectum

353

259.9 ± 3.698

 

9.950 ± 0.0871

 

13.71 ± 0.1548

0.258 ± 0.0043

 

TNM stage

  

 <0.0001

 

0.6727

 

0.7132

 

0.0002

  I

136

238.9 ± 5.612

 

9.981 ± 0.1280

13.81 ± 0.2208

0.237 ± 0.0065

  II

247

275.5 ± 6.178

 

9.857 ± 0.1244

 

13.71 ± 0.2402

0.266 ± 0.0059

  III

322

278.5 ± 4.884

 

10.07 ± 0.1329

 

13.47 ± 0.1696

0.278 ± 0.0056

  IV

78

284.0 ± 8.675

 

10.05 ± 0.2261

 

13.60 ± 0.3025

0.282 ± 0.0097

pT stage

  

 <0.0001

 

0.7673

 

0.2589

 

 <0.0001

  T1

51

240.2 ± 8.221

 

9.780 ± 0.1591

 

13.67 ± 0.3514

0.232 ± 0.0075

  T2

120

240.2 ± 5.984

 

9.978 ± 0.1385

 

13.76 ± 0.2358

0.239 ± 0.0072

  T3

481

274.5 ± 3.982

 

10.21 ± 0.2162

 

13.66 ± 0.1586

0.271 ± 0.0043

 

  T4

131

299.6 ± 8.980

 

9.928 ± 0.1603

 

13.29 ± 0.2429

0.292 ± 0.0082

 

pN stage

  

0.0814

 

0.2524

 

0.122

 

0.034

  N0

393

267.2 ± 4.511

 

9.916 ± 0.0931

 

13.72 ± 0.1711

0.261 ± 0.0045

 

  N1

240

279.3 ± 5.094

 

10.17 ± 0.1722

13.74 ± 0.1993

0.282 ± 0.0066

 

  N2

150

280.4 ± 6.385

 

9.873 ± 0.1217

 

13.14 ± 0.2224

0.270 ± 0.0075

 

pM stage

  

0.2541

 

0.7885

 

0.6413

 

0.2389

  M0

707

271.5 ± 3.296

 

9.979 ± 0.0784

 

13.60 ± 0.1220

0.268 ± 0.0036

 

  M1

76

283.5 ± 8.831

 

10.05 ± 0.2335

 

13.78 ± 0.2982

0.282 ± 0.0099

 

Differentiation

  

0.7167

 

0.2818

 

0.818

 

0.818

  Poor

80

276.5 ± 10.31

 

9.703 ± 0.2728

 

13.96 ± 0.4597

13.96 ± 0.4597

  Moderate

637

271.3 ± 3.393

 

9.962 ± 0.0781

 

13.62 ± 0.1308

13.62 ± 0.1308

  Well

65

256.7 ± 20.12

 

9.325 ± 0.2683

 

13.86 ± 0.6398

13.86 ± 0.6398

Invasion

  

0.7875

 

0.0119

 

0.1188

 

0.0417

  Negative

426

272.4 ± 4.390

 

9.780 ± 0.0833

 

13.61 ± 0.1622

0.265 ± 0.0044

 

  Positive

257

274.3 ± 5.409

 

10.79 ± 0.4972

 

13.21 ± 0.1907

0.280 ± 0.0063

 

Tumor size (cm)

  

<0.0001

 

0.8444

 

0.3427

 

0.0002

   <5

368

256.2 ± 4.571

 

9.871 ± 0.0923

 

13.92 ± 0.1549

0.250 ± 0.0047

 

  ≥5

415

297.8 ± 7.246

 

9.829 ± 0.2160

 

14.23 ± 0.3032

0.277 ± 0.0044

  1. Values of PC, MPV, PDW and PCT are expressed as mean ± standard error. Bold indicates a statistically significant.