Total sample (n = 511)

G₁: BMI ³ 30 kg/m² (n = 136)

G₂: BMI < 30 kg/m² (n = 375)

p

Quantitative data

Hemoglobin  (g/dl)

12.9 ± 1.7

12.8 ± 1.6

12.9 ± 1.8

0.601

Leukocytes (10³/mm³)

7995 ± 3931

7910 ± 3429

8026 ± 4102

0.779

Leukocyte count

NPN (10³/mm³)

5961 ± 3603

5781 ± 3158

6009 ± 3744

0.627

EPN (10³/mm³)

41 ± 78

30 ± 57

45 ± 84

0.084

BPN (10³/mm³)

131 ± 130

139 ± 137

138 ± 131

0.416

Lymphocytes (10³/mm³)

1184 ± 728

1228 ± 751

1168 ± 743

0.430

Monocytes (10³/mm³)

666 ± 541

688 ± 648

657 ± 514

0.606

Platelets (10³/mm³)

262 ± 104

266 ± 118

261 ± 101

0.660

ESR (1^st h) (mm)

65 ± 37

68 ± 39

64 ± 37

0.386

CRP (mg/L)

55 ± 59

57 ± 59

53 ± 59

0.656

Patients’ profile

Anemia

154 (35)

36 (31)

118 (37)

0.255

Polycythemia

4 (1)

0 (0)

4 (1)

0.227

Leukopenia

44 (10)

6 (5)

38 (12)

0.040^*

Lymphopenia

204 (47)

51 (44)

153 (48)

0.435

Basocythemia

128 (30)

38 (34)

90 (29)

0.335

Hyperleukocytosis

103 (23)

28 (24)

75 (23)

0.886

Thrombocytopenia

50 (11)

13 (11)

37 (12)

0.898

Thrombocytosis

26 (6)

9 (7)

17 (5)

0.352

High CRP

248 (63)

66 (63)

182 (63)

0.932

High ESR (1^st h)

263 (82)

66 (81)

197 (82)

0.836

Biological inflammatory syndrome

358 (83)

92 (80)

266 (84)

0.377

BPN: Basophilic Polynuclear; BMI: Body Mass Index; CRP: C-Reactive Protein; EPN: Eosinophilic Polynuclear; ESR: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; G: Group; NPN: Neutrophilic Polynuclear. Quantitative and categorical data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation and number (%), respectively.

P (probability): p < 0.05 (^*Student Test, ^**Two sided Chi-2): G₁ vs. G₂.