Parameters | Non-responders (n = 5) | Responders (n = 13) | p value | |||||
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Time point | Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | ||
White blood cell count (/μl) | Pre-treatment | 10,948 | 1659 | 8740–12,340 | 13,807 | 7410 | 3900–28,080 | 0.53 |
3 months | 8980 | 4158 | 5530–13,597 | 12,284 | 5966 | 6200–28,300 | 0.05* | |
6 months | 13,667 | 1527 | 11,230–15,270 | 13,652 | 6713 | 6700–29,400 | 0.90 | |
Lymphocyte count (/μl) | Pre-treatment | 2597 | 643.9 | 1713–3122 | 1969 | 970.5 | 741–3973 | 0.23 |
3 months | 2082 | 634.8 | 1466–2734 | 1986 | 1161 | 926–5452 | 0.19 | |
6 months | 2870 | 1018 | 1771–3780 | 2308 | 1676 | 986–6582 | 0.18 | |
Neutrophil count (/μl) | Pre-treatment | 7254 | 1223 | 6092–8724 | 10,422 | 6878 | 2145–22,717 | 0.61 |
3 months | 5326 | 4070 | 2544–9998 | 8831 | 5923 | 2820–24,338 | 0.08 | |
6 months | 9598 | 2724 | 7705–12,720 | 10,398 | 6859 | 3021–26,372 | 0.75 | |
Total protein (g/dl) | Pre-treatment | 9.45 | 0.6856 | 8.5–10 | 8.462 | 0.76 | 7.3–9.5 | 0.10 |
3 months | 9.6 | 1.127 | 8.3–10.3 | 8.6 | 0.6015 | 7.6–9.4 | 0.05* | |
6 months | 9.233 | 0.7572 | 8.7–10.1 | 8.36 | 0.6931 | 7.5–9.4 | 0.16 | |
Albumin (g/dl) | Pre-treatment | 2.925 | 0.1708 | 2.7–3.1 | 3.108 | 0.5664 | 2.3–4.1 | 0.71 |
3 months | 2.667 | 0.3215 | 2.3–2.9 | 2.867 | 0.3339 | 2.4–3.6 | 0.99 | |
6 months | 2.5 | 0.2646 | 2.2–2.7 | 3 | 0.3742 | 2.4–3.7 | 0.27 |