Pentraxin 3 (PTX-3) Levels in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid as a Lung Cancer Biomarker

Table 5

Univariate analysis for the correlation between PTX-3 level in BALF and some certain clinical indicators.

Items	The Spearman correlation coefficient
	value	value
WBC count (×10^9/L)	0.094	0.385
Neutrophil count (×10^9/L)	0.170	0.113
Monocyte count (×10^9/L)	0.003	0.976
CRP (mg/L)	0.198	0.073
ESR (mm/L)	0.230	0.035
CEA (ng/mL)	0.003	0.975
NSE (ng/mL)	0.016	0.884
CYFRA 21-1 (ng/mL)	0.170	0.120
The smoking index	-0.289	0.006

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