Correlation analysis of lung mucosa-colonizing bacteria with clinical features reveals metastasis-associated bacterial community structure in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Table 2 Immune factor concentrations and immune cell densities in peripheral blood of NSCLC (including SCC and AC) patients with or without cancer cell metastasis

Index	NSCLC		SCC		AC
Index	No met	Met	No met	Met	No met		Met
	(n = 26)	(n = 29)	(n = 20)	(n = 11)	(n = 6)		(n = 18)
Lymphocyte
Average	1.30	1.61	1.32	1.92	1.27		1.42
SD	0.52	0.55	0.57	0.31	0.32		0.59
Lower 95% CI	1.09	1.40	1.05	1.71	0.89		1.12
Upper 95% CI	1.51	1.82	1.58	2.12	1.56		1.71
P value	0.0374		0.0033		0.4650
Monocyte
Average	0.56	0.60	0.51	0.59	0.70		0.66
SD	0.23	0.25	0.22	0.28	0.20		0.21
Lower 95% CI	0.47	0.50	0.41	0.30	0.48		0.56
Upper 95% CI	0.65	0.69	0.62	0.67	0.91		0.77
P value	0.5470		0.7695		0.7230
Neutrophils
Average	5.51	7.52	4.90	5.21	5.41		6.60
SD	2.23	2.48	1.80	1.98	2.45		1.34
Lower 95% CI	4.61	6.57	4.06	3.89	2.85		5.94
Upper 95% CI	6.41	8.46	5.74	6.54	7.98		7.27
P value	0.0027		0.6588		0.1421
Eosinophils
Average	0.14	0.23	0.14	0.24	0.17		0.23
SD	0.12	0.26	0.12	0.10	0.14		0.32
Lower 95% CI	0.09	0.13	0.08	0.18	0.02		0.07
Upper 95% CI	0.19	0.33	0.19	0.31	0.32		0.39
P value	0.1113		0.0163		0.6682
Basophils
Average	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.03
SD	0.08	0.02	0.09	0.01	0.01	0.03
Lower 95% CI	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
Upper 95% CI	0.07	0.03	0.09	0.02	0.04	0.04
P value	0.2893		0.2772		0.7798

Note: Data are in 10⁹ cells/L peripheral venous blood. NSCLC, non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma; SCC, lung squamous cell carcinoma; AC, lung adenocarcinoma; No met, no metastasis

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