Research Article

Absolute Neutrophil Count and Mean Platelet Volume in the Blood as Biomarkers to Detect Lung Cancer

Table 1

Characteristics of the study participants.

Lung cancer group ()Control group () value

Male/female ()120/89143/930.496
Age (years)65 (58-70)60 (48-75)0.232
TP (g/L)70.3 (64.8-74.1)74.4 (72.2-76.7)< 0.001
ALB (g/L)40.3 (36.8-43.5)44.3 (42.3-46.2)< 0.001
ALT (U/L)19 (13-29.5)19 (15-28)0.314
CR (μmol/L)72 (61-83)71 (59-81)0.196
ANC (×109/L)3.69 (2.71-4.98)3.04 (2.46-3.52)< 0.001
RBC (×1012/L)4.17 (3.74-4.57)4.75 (4.47-5.07)< 0.001
PLT (×109/L)209 (170-259)207 (177-240)0.614
MPV (fL)10.5 (9.8-11.2)8.7 (8.1-9.4)< 0.001

TP: total protein; ALB: albumin; ALT: alanine transaminase; CR: creatinine; ANC: absolute neutrophil count; RBC: red blood cell; PLT: platelet; MPV: mean platelet volume.