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Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics and laboratory data of serum α-HBDH in LC patients

From: Prognostic value of serum α-HBDH levels in patients with lung cancer

Variables

Cases(n = 71)

α-HBDH > 220U/L (n = 44)

α-HBDH ≤ 220U/L (n = 27)

p value

Clinical characteristic

 Age (mean ± SD), years

64.2 ± 11.0

63.5 ± 11.8

65.3 ± 10.1

0.699

Gender

 Male

52 (73%)

28 (64%)

24 (89%)

0.021*

 Female

19 (27%)

16 (36%)

3 (11%)

 

Smoking

25 (35%)

15 (34%)

10 (37%)

0.802

Metastasis

 Liver

8 (11%)

6 (14%)

2 (7%)

0.640

 Lymphnodes

32 (45%)

24 (55%)

8 (30%)

0.042*

 Kindey

3 (4%)

2 (5%)

1 (4%)

0.865

 Brain

13 (18%)

10 (23%)

3 (11%)

0.222

 Bone

19 (27%)

15 (34%)

4 (15%)

0.077

Staging (I + II/III + IV)

 Low (I + II)

12 (17%)

5 (11%)

7 (26%)

0.096

 High (III + IV)

59 (83%)

39 (89%)

20 (74%)

 

Classification

 Small-cell carcinoma

17 (24%)

12 (27%)

5 (19%)

0.109

 Adenocarcinoma

36 (51%)

24 (55%)

12 (44%)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

18 (25%)

8 (18%)

10 (37%)

 

Laboratory data

 LDH, U/L

284 ± 135

351 ± 132

176 ± 32

 < 0.001***

 HCY, umol/L

27.6 ± 52.5

31.6 ± 66.3

21.2 ± 9.2

0.644

 FIB, g/L

4.27 ± 1.51

4.34 ± 1.57

4.16 ± 1.42

0.603

 CEA, ng/ml

22.3 ± 20.6

25.3 ± 23.3

17.3 ± 14.3

0.079

 AFP, IU/ml

10.4 ± 6.3

11.2 ± 7.4

9.2 ± 3.5

0.141

 TP, g/L

66.2 ± 8.01

65.5 ± 7.54

67.2 ± 8.75

0.404

 ALB, g/L

36.1 ± 6.39

35.6 ± 5.79

36.9 ± 7.31

0.451

 Ca, mmol/L

2.26 ± 0.25

2.24 ± 0.20

2.31 ± 0.30

0.319

 WBC, × 109/L

8.57 ± 5.37

9.05 ± 6.10

7.78 ± 3.87

0.284

 NLR

8.30 ± 11.64

10.13 ± 14.14

5.32 ± 4.37

0.040*

 PLT, × 109/L

226 ± 106

235 ± 113

211 ± 94

0.335

  1. Data are presented as the means ± standard deviation or interquartile range. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001. p values were determined by Student’s t test for continuous variables and the chi-square test for categorical variables
  2. Abbreviations: LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, HCY Homocysteine, FIB Fibrinogen, CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen, AFP Alpha-fetoprotein, TP Total protein, ALB Albumin, Ca Total calcium, WBC Leukocyte, NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLT Platelets
  3. Reference ranges: α-HBDH: 95–220U/L, LDH: 109–245U/L, HCY: 5–20umol/L, FIB: 2–4 g/L, CEA: 0–5.5 ng/ml, AFP: 0–6.05 IU/ml, TP: 60–82 g/L, ALB: 35–50 g/L, Ca: 2–3 mmol/L, WBC: 4–10 × 109/L, PLT: 100–300 × 109/L