Diagnosis of Parapneumonia Pleural Effusion with Serum and Pleural Fluid Cell-Free DNA

Table 3

The partial correlation between days of admission and inflammatory biomarkers in serum and pleural effusion in parapneumonic effusion patients.

	WBC(p)	pH(p)	LDH(p)	Nucleus DNA(p)	Mitochondria DNA(p)	CRP(s)	WBC(s)	Nucleus (s)
	-0.121	-0.393	0.358	0.464	0.538	-0.257	-0.203	-0.06
value	0.613	0.086	0.121			0.274	0.390	0.81

= Pearson correlation coefficient; WBC: white blood cell count; LDH: lactic dehydrogenase; DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid; CRP: C reactive protein, (s): serum; (p): pleural fluid; .