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Table 2 Follicular density and blood parameters by cancer site

From: Role of inflammatory blood parameters from complete blood count in predicting ovarian follicular density in cancer patients undergoing ovarian tissue cryopreservation

 

Breast Cancer (BC)

Sarcomas

(S)

Other site

(O)

Overall p-value*

Significant** pairwise comparisons

Median FD (Follicles/mm3) (range)

6.7 (0.3–71.8)

51.0 (5.9–109.0)

9.7 (0-117.0)

< 0.001

BC vs. S p < 0.001

O vs S p=0.001

Median AMH Value (ng/ml) (range)

2.4 (1.1–14.4)

3.3 (1.0-6.2)

2.4 (1.2–27.6)

0.656

 

Median MPV/PC (range)

0.04 (0.02–0.09)

0.04 (0.02–0.06)

0.03 (0.02–0.71)

0.016

BC vs. O p = 0.012

Median MPV (fL) (range)

9.1 (7.6–12.7)

8.8 (7.2–12.2)

9.1 (7.4–11.3)

0.431

 

Median NLR (range)

2.0 (0.6–14.8)

2.4 (1.0-4.9)

2.3 (0.9–20.2)

0.258

 

Median PLR /range)

120.5 (45.3–41.3)

129.9 (78.9–20.6)

172.7 (49.0-570.0)

0.042

BC vs. O p = 0.037

Neutrophil count (x103/µl)

3.7 (1.8–11.1)

4.2 (2.1–9.9)

3.9 (2.6–14.5)

0.329

 

Median PC (x103/µl)

243.0 (135.0-339.0)

246.0 (150.0-369.0)

284.0 (150.0-437.0)

0.016

BC vs. O p = 0.012

Median Lymphocyte count (x103/µl)

1.9 (0.7–6.4)

1.9 (1.3–2.8)

1.6 (0.6–3.6)

0.195

 

Median WBC (x103/µl)

6.4 (4.2–13.5)

6.6 (4.1–13.2)

7.4 (4.5–17.4)

0.435

 
  1. *Kruskal-Wallis non parametric test; ** Adjusted for multiple comparisons (Bonferroni)
  2. Abbreviations: AMH, anti-müllerian hormone; MPV, mean platelet volume; PC, platelet count; NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet to lymphocyte ratio; PC, platelet count; WBC, white blood cells count.