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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 1 Comparison between the two studied groups according to blood cell count and inflammatory markers

From: Hematological markers and ultrasound 7-joint inflammation score as add-on tools in the assessment of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients

 

Patient (n = 54)

Control (n = 30)

P

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

 Min.–Max.

9.50–16.20

12.0–16.0

<0.001*

 Mean ± SD.

12.24 ± 1.29

13.63 ± 1.21

Red blood cells( × 106/ul)

 Min.–Max.

3.61–5.91

3.94–6.40

0.007*

 Mean ± SD.

4.54 ± 0.52

4.89 ± 0.61

Platelets (× 103/ul)

 Min.–Max.

116.0–410.0

201.0–462.0

0.081

 Mean ± SD.

251.74 ± 74.28

281.23 ± 71.37

White blood cells (× 103/ul)

 Min.–Max.

3.48–14.30

4.0–10.38

0.080

 Mean ± SD.

6.11 ± 1.89

6.86 ± 1.74

Neutrophils (× 103/ul)

 Min.–Max.

1.33–9.58

2.15–5.95

0.030*

 Median (IQR)

3.16 (2.39–4.11)

3.83 (3.15–4.53)

Lymphocytes (× 103/ul)

 Min.–Max.

0.80–4.05

1.04–3.43

0.103

 Median (IQR)

1.92 (1.46–2.31)

2.11 (1.66–2.68)

PDW (fl)

 Min.–Max.

10.50–16.70

10.10–15.70

0.277

 Mean ± SD.

12.94 ± 1.57

12.57 ± 1.39

MPV (fl)

 Min.–Max.

0.20–13.50

8.0–11.80

0.302

 Median (IQR)

9.95 (9.0–11.0)

10.60 (9.70–10.80)

RDW (%)

 Min.–Max.

10.20–18.0

12.20–15.50

0.008*

 Mean ± SD.

14.16 ± 1.73

13.25 ± 0.69

NLR

 Min.–Max.

0.58–4.95

0.58–3.39

0.978

 Median (IQR)

1.70 (1.31–2.33)

1.71 (1.51–2.18)

PLR

 Min.–Max.

58.72–338.87

69.39–212.50

0.823

 Median (IQR)

135.89 (93.44–181.37)

118.35(103.61–172.62)

  1. IQR Interquartile range, PDW Platelet distribution width, MPV Mean platelet volume, RDW Red cell distribution width, NLR Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, PLR Platelet-lymphocyte ratio
  2. *Statistically significant at P≤ 0.05, P value ≤0.01: highly significant, t Student’s t test, U Mann-Whitney test
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