Neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio is a new diagnostic marker for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: a prospective multicenter study

Table 2 Cohort-specific laboratory parameters

Characteristics	CPS N = 287 (61.72%)	CNS N = 178 (38.27%)	P-value
Ascitic fluid, (mean ± SD) - WBC - PMNLs - Lymphocytes	6404 ± 295 71.64 ± 12.02 25.56 ± 15.07	3492 ± 568 57.17 ± 1.70 16.14 ± 1.73	0.001 0.012 0.049
CBC - Hgb (g/dL) - WBCs (× 10³/µL) - Neutrophils (%) - Lymphocytes (× 10³/µL) - Platelets (× 10³/µL)	10.26 ± 0.20 10.70 ± 2.23 74.00 ± 8.86 23.02 ± 2.12 113.48 ± 9.12	11.43 ± 0.95 7.82 ± 1.62 58.19 ± 8.26 15.38 ± 4.25 81.98 ± 4.66	0.042 0.021 0.001 0.029 0.041
Biochemical characteristic - ALT (U/L) - AST (U/L) - Albumin (g/dL) - Bilirubin (mg/dL) - Creatinine (mg/dL) - INR (%) - CRP (mg/dL) - NPAR	42.00 ± 4.12 81.00 ± 5.12 2.10 ± 0.21 5.20 ± 1.21 2.60 ± 0.25 1.80 ± 0.12 73.00 ± 7.6 35.24 ± 2.31	28.00 ± 3.4 61.00 ± 5.2 2.90 ± 0.10 3.40 ± 0.77 1.65 ± 0.27 1.60 ± 0.08 46.00 ± 5.1 20.07 ± 1.98	0.044 0.032 0.010 0.002 0.090 0.240 0.026 0.001

Abbreviation: CPS: culture-positive spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; CNS: culture-negative spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; CBC: complete blood count; WBC: white blood cells, PMNLs: polymorph nuclear leukocytes, Hgb: hemoglobin, ALT: alanine transferase, AST: aspartate transferase, INR: international normalized ratio, CRP; C-reactive protein; NPAR: neutrophil percentage-albumin ratio. Data were expressed as mean ± SD

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