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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and the results of clinical biochemistry in TBP and PC

From: Utility of ascitic tumor markers and adenosine deaminase for differential diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis and peritoneal carcinomatosis

Parameter

Tuberculous peritonitis

Peritoneal carcinomatosis

p value

Total

Cohort

Age, years

44.00 (28.00–53.00)

60.00 (48.00–69.00)

 < 0.0001

53.00 (40.00–67.00)

Gender, n (M/F)

28/35

45/61

0.8728

73/96

Heart rate, bpm

78.00 (76.00–82.50)

78.00 (78.00–88.00)

0.3041

78.00 (78.00–84.00)

Mean arterial pressure, mmHg

94.75 (84.50–100.00)

98.50 (93.00–107.30)

0.0060

97.50 (89.38–104.00)

Clinical biochemistry

Total bilirubin, μmol/L

8.70 (6.25–12.50)

10.40 (7.63–13.63)

0.1911

10.00 (7.03–12.85)

Conjugated bilirubin, μmol/L

3.20 (2.43–5.70)

3.45 (2.03–5.18)

0.9454

3.40 (2.30–5.45)

Alanine aminotransferase, U/L

14.00 (10.00–21.50)

13.00 (10.00–19.50)

0.3852

14.00 (10.00–20.00)

Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L

19.00 (16.25–25.75)

21.50 (17.00–28.75)

0.4734

21.00 (17.00–26.25)

Alkaline phosphatase, U/L

69.00 (53.00–80.00)

71.00 (57.00–88.00)

0.2227

69.50 (56.25–85.75)

γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, U/L

21.00 (14.00–29.00)

22.00(14.00–37.00)

0.5625

21.50 (14.25–32.00)

Serum total protein, g/L

63.60 (59.40–66.60)

61.05(56.43–66.25)

0.1595

62.50 (57.20–66.40)

Serum albumin, g/L

34.25 (31.20–36.93)

34.60 (31.03–37.98)

0.6136

34.30 (31.08–37.73)

Urea, mmol/L

4.26 (3.15–5.08)

5.43 (4.00–7.29)

0.0029

4.88 (3.47–6.24)

Creatinine, µmol/L

61.30 (54.78–71.58)

65.60 (55.70–77.10)

0.1468

63.90 (55.40–75.45)

Uric Acid, µmol/L

279.60 (238.00–341.20)

327.90(244.60–401.30)

0.1547

298.90 (243.25–384.90)

Ascitic fluid analysis

Ascitic total protein, g/L

50.30 (43.15–56.08)

45.30 (40.70–50.85)

0.0087

48.40(42.10–53.75)

Ascitic albumin, g/L

29.70 (26.63–31.45)

29.30 (26.35–32.65)

0.9817

29.40 (26.80–32.15)

SAAG, g/L

4.00 (2.70–7.55)

5.75 (1.95–9.80)

0.4625

4.55 (2.48–8.13)

Ascitic cholesterol, mmol/L

2.31 (1.97–2.61)

2.50 (2.10–3.12)

0.0420

2.44 (2.08–2.86)

Ascitic ADA, IU/L

35.00 (28.00–48.00)

8.25 (6.00–11.40)

 < 0.0001

11.20 (7.00–32.00)

Ascitic CEA, ng/mL

0.90 (0.60–1.10)

179.90 (1.90–143)

 < 0.0001

3.20 (0.80–661.53)

Ascitic CA15-3, U/mL

19.50 (16.05–30.30)

17.35 (5.98–166.00)

0.7809

19.40 (7.85–106.10)

Ascitic CA19-9, U/mL

3.60 (2.00–8.55)

150.10 (10.18–1200.00)

 < 0.0001

23.70 (3.00–764.10)

Ascitic, AFP ug/L

1.45 (1.00–1.83)

1.50 (1.00–2.08)

0.5476

1.50 (1.00–2.00)

  1. M/F, male/female. Continuous variables are expressed as median and interquartile range