Endothelial Function in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) May Reflect the Clinical Outcome

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of ALL children and control group.

Parameter	Study group	Control group			p
	(mean ± SEM)	(mean ± SEM)
N	28	18			ns
Men (n)	12	6			ns
Age (years)	8.1 ± 1	11 ± 0.9			ns
ALT (U/L)	51.6 ± 32.3	17.7 ± 2.1			ns
AST (U/L)	49.2 ± 13	22.8 ± 2.4			0.02
Urea (mg/dL)	25.4 ± 1.6	21.3 ± 1.6			ns
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.6 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.0			ns
Plasma glucose (mg/dL)	100 ± 5.9	80.4 ± 1.1			0.02
Detailed baseline characteristics of the study group
	(mean ± SEM)
CRP (mg/L)	23.2 ± 5.73
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.57 ± 0.11
LDH (µkat/L)	10.4 ± 1.6
Total protein (g/dL)	6.8 ± 0.1
Uric acid (mg/dL)	5.9 ± 0.5
Sodium (mmol/L)	140 ± 0.4
Potassium (mmol/L)	4.2 ± 0.1

Abbreviations. AST: aspartate transaminase. ALT: alanine transaminase. hsCRP: C-reactive protein. LDH: lactate dehydrogenase. ns: not significant.