Prognostic Significance of Blood, Serum, and Ascites Parameters in Patients with Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma or Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population ().

Characteristics	Values
Males, n (%)	49 (39.2)
Females, n (%)	76 (60.8)
Median age (range), years	67 (26–85)
Median ascites glucose level (range), mmol/L	5.2 (0.1–11.4)
Median ascites albumin level (range), g/L	28 (7–35)
Median ascites LDH level (range), U/L	299 (32–1984)
Median ascites coenocyte numbers (range), %	30 (5–99)
Median ascites monocyte numbers (range), %	70 (1–97)
Median ascites coenocyte-to-monocyte ratio (range)	0.43 (0.03–100.1)
Median serum albumin level (range), g/L	34 (15–48)
Median serum-ascites albumin gradient (range), g/L	8 (0–27.2)
Median serum LDH level (range), U/L	210.5 (115–1530)
Median ascites-serum LDH ratio (range)	1.14 (0.2–5.8)
Median blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (range)	3.62 (0.52–33.3)