Differentiating Malignant from Tubercular Pleural Effusion by Cancer Ratio Plus (Cancer Ratio: Pleural Lymphocyte Count)

Table 1

General characteristics and univariate analysis.

Variable	Total	Malignant pleural effusion	Tubercular pleural effusion	P value
Age	65 (19–87)	69 (35–87)	56 (19–87)	0.23
Pleural ADA (U/L)	10.6 (5–54)	9 (5–42)	42 (5–54)	0.001
Serum LDH (IU/L)	512 (322–2992)	525 (322–2992)	494 (336–947)	0.08
Pleural fluid lymphocyte count (%)	0.7 (0.1–1.0)	0.61 (0.10–1.0)	0.86 (0.60–1.0)	0.007
Cancer ratio	51.5 (7–173)	74 (15–173)	13 (7–67)	0.008
Serum LDH/pleural fluid lymphocyte count	765.5 (336–7771)	1015 (498–7771)	593 (336–1230)	0.006
Cancer ratio/pleural fluid lymphocyte count	87.2 (7.5–1295.2)	127 (29–1295)	16 (8–67)	0.002

Data presented in median (range).