Characteristic

(normal range)

Patient with Bone marrow metastasis (n = 72)

Without Bone marrow metastasis (n = 31)

P value

Hb mean g/dL (range)

Normal range (12 - 15 g/dL)

<12g/dL incidence %

10.3 (3.5 - 14.6)

83.3%

11.2 ± 1.86

61.3%

0.023

0.015

White blood cell, mean (range)) Normal range (4.5 - 11/ × 10⁹)

9.3 (1.2 - 89.6)

7.8 (1.28 - 15.9)

0.43

PLT count, mean × 10⁹/L

PLT <140 × 10⁹/L, incidence

PLT < 50 × 10⁹/L, incidence

159 (4 - 570)

55.6%

26.4%

264 (27 - 486)

16%

3.2%

<0.001

<0.001

0.006

MCV, mean fl (range)

86.2 (66 - 109)

86.9 (80 - 101)

0.5

RDW, mean (range %)

16.6 (13 - 26)

16.0 (13 - 25)

0.2

MPV, mean fl (range)

8.73 (7 - 12)

8.17 (6.3 - 9.5)

0.03

Albumin, mean g/dL (range)

3.4 (2.3 - 4.6)

3.2 (1.9 - 4.8)

0.35

Calcium, mean g/dL

8.97 (6.8 - 11.2)

8.9 (7.2 - 10.2)

0.6

LDH, mean U/L

>2 ULN (480 U/L), incidence

1515 (234 - 9200)

50%

992 (306 - 6465)

16.7%

0.12

0.002

Alkaline phosphatase, mean U/L

>2 ULN (104 U/L), incidence

283 (51 - 1086)

35.7%

132 (46 - 701)

9.7

<0.001

0.007

Ferritin ng/mL, mean (range)

1759 (220 - 4480)

254 (3.7 - 650)

0.007

Hypoplastic/dry tap BM aspirate

58.8%

16.6

0.001