Research Article
High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Levels in a Group of Syrian University Male Students and Its Associations with Smoking, Physical Activity, Anthropometric Measurements, and Some Hematologic Inflammation Biomarkers
Table 6
Participants’ hematological measurements grouped by low, normal, or high levels of hematological reference values of VCU reference ranges. Median of hsCRP levels (mg/L) and participants numbersof each group were shown. Damascus, Syria, April 2016.
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Hematological age-specific reference ranges established by Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University [17]. —: empty group. The American Heart Association and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for hsCRP testing and CVD risks [13]. Note: Wilcoxon rank sum test, where it was applicable, did not show significance difference ( value < 0.05) between any group of participants and the overall group. |