High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Levels in a Group of Syrian University Male Students and Its Associations with Smoking, Physical Activity, Anthropometric Measurements, and Some Hematologic Inflammation Biomarkers

Table 2

Hematological characteristics of the participants ; the results are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD), median, first and third quartiles (Q1–Q3), minimum, and maximum. Damascus, Syria, April 2016.

Characteristic, unit	Mean ± SD	Median (Q1–Q3)	Minimum	Maximum
WBC, 10^9/L		6.7 (5.9–8.0)
Red blood cell count, 10^12/L		5.38 (5.17–5.63)
Hemoglobin, g/dL		15.1 (14.4–15.8)
Hematocrit, %		45.2 (43.3–47.1)
Mean red cell volume, fL		84 (81–87)
Mean red cell hemoglobin, pg		27.9 (26.8–29.0)
Mean red cell hemoglobin conc., g/dL		33.1 (32.7–33.9)
Platelet, 10^9/L		238 (203–274)
MPV, fL		8.7 (8.3–9.2)
RDW, %		12.6 (12.1–12.9)
Monocytes, %		4.5 (3.8–5.3)
Neutrophils, %		63.3 (57.6–68.3)
Lymphocytes, %		32 (27.3–36.9)
NLR ratio		1.99 (1.56–2.48)
ESR, mm in 1 hour		2 (1–4)
hsCRP, mg/L		0.51 (0.24–1.31)

After the elimination of 2 outliers, which were out of the range of 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles, the normal distribution was proved using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test . Only mean ± SD were recalculated.
After the elimination of 2 outliers, which were out of the range of 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles, the normal distribution was proved using Shapiro-Wilk test . Only mean ± SD were recalculated.
Normal distribution was proved by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test .
Normal distribution was proved by Shapiro-Wilk test .
No normal distribution, mean ± SD was cited without any further interpretation.