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Table 2 Laboratory findings in patients diagnosed with or without diabetes (n = 61)

		Total	Diabetes		P value
			No	Yes
Sample, n (%)		61 (100)	46 (75.4)	15 (24.6)
Routine blood parameters, n (%)
	Normal	54 (88.5)	42 (91.3)	12 (80.0)	0.399
	Hemoglobin	1 (1.6)	0 (0.0)	1 (6.7)
	Neutrophil%	3 (4.9)	2 (4.3)	1 (6.7)
	Lymphocytes count	3 (4.9)	2 (4.3)	1 (6.7)
	Platelets count	2 (3.3)	2 (4.3)	0 (0.0)
CRP, n (%)
	Normal	49 (80.3)	37 (80.4)	12 (80.0)	1
	Abnormal	12 (19.7)	9 (19.6)	3 (20.0)
ESR, n (%)
	Normal	54 (88.5)	39 (84.8)	15 (100.0)	0.178
	Abnormal	7 (11.5)	7 (15.2)	0 (0.0)
Hepatic dysfunction, n (%)
	No	35 (57.4)	29 (63.0)	6 (40.0)
	Yes	26 (42.6)	17 (37.0)	9 (60.0)	0.142
	ALT or AST (%)
	Normal	43 (70.5)	34 (73.9)	9 (60.0)	0.34
	Abnormal	18 (29.5)	12 (26.1)	6 (40.0)
	Bilirubin (%)
	Normal	53 (86.9)	39 (84.8)	14 (93.3)	0.666
	Abnormal	8 (13.1)	7 (15.2)	1 (6.7)
	Albumin (%)
	Normal	57 (93.4)	45 (97.8)	12 (80.0)	0.043
	Abnormal	4 (6.6)	1 (2.2)	3 (20.0)
Other (%)
	Normal	57 (93.4)	43 (93.4)	14 (93.3)	0.687
	Abnormal	4 (6.6)	3 (6.6)	1 (6.7)

The normal ranges of WBC, hemoglobin, neutrophil%, lymphocytes count, and platelets count are 3.5-9.5 × 10⁹ cells/L, 120-160 g/L, 43-76, 0.8-4.0 × 10⁹ cells/L, and 125-325 × 10⁹ cells/L, respectively. The normal ranges of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, C reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, bilirubin, and albumin were defined as 8-40 U/L, 5-35 U/L, 0-5.0 mg/L, 0-18 mm/h, 3.4-17.1 μmol/L, and 35-55 g/L, respectively. CRP: C reactive protein; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase.