highly significantp < 0.001
As shown in Table 2 , there were highly significant positive correlations between the SAA and CRP levels ( p < 0.001, r = 0.781); between the SAA level and WBC count ( p < 0.001, r = 0.393), between the HBP level and WBC count ( p < 0.001, r = 0.468), and between the HBP and D-dimer levels ( p < 0.001, r = 0.380).