Pleural Fluid Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 in Complicated and Uncomplicated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions

Table 2

Patients’ profile and some laboratory findings in patients of uncomplicated parapneumonic effusion (UPPE) and complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPPE).

Mean ± standard deviation	UPPE No. = 24		CPPE No. = 27		t or χ ^2	𝑃
Age (years)	48.292 ± 12.21		50.963 ± 11.614		t = 0.8	0.427
Sex:	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
(i)   Male	16	66.67%	20	74.07%	χ ^2 = 0.336	0.562
(ii)   Female	8	33.33%	7	25.93%
Comorbidities:	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	χ ^2
(i)  Liver diseases	3	12.50%	5	18.52%	0.348	0.555
(ii)  Heart diseases	2	8.33%	5	18.52%	1.113	0.291
(iii)  Renal diseases	3	12.50%	2	7.41%	0.373	0.542
(iv)  COPD	1	4.17%	4	14.81%	1.629	0.202
(v)  Bronchial asthma	2	8.33%	1	3.70%	0.492	0.483
(vi)  Malignant diseases	1	4.17%	3	11.11%	0.848	0.357
Smoking index	198.333 ± 289.28		168.889 ± 264.13		𝑡 = 0.38	0.706
Pleural fluid pH	7.408 ± 0.117		6.743 ± 0.53		𝑡 = 6.009	<0.001*
Pleural fluid glucose (mg/dL)	141.167 ± 70.166		38.111 ± 22.821		𝑡 = 7.22	<0.001*
Serum sTREM-1 (pg/mL)	45.125 ± 17.86		51.259 ± 19.897		𝑡 = 1.153	0.255
Pleural fluid sTREM-1 (pg/mL)	145.5 ± 111.766		419.741 ± 140.275		𝑡 = 7.656	<0.001*

*: Significant.