[Retracted] Clinical Value of Cytokine Assay in Diagnosis and Severity Assessment of Lung Cancer

Table 1

Comparison of baseline data.

Groups	n	Gender		Age (year)	APACHE II scores (points,  ± s)
		Male	Female
Control group	50	26	24	60.43 ± 10.33	—
Nonpleural effusion group	47	23	24	62.15 ± 13.38	12.4 ± 3.9
Pleural effusion group	53	27	26	65.56 ± 11.75	19.97 ± 3.82