Table 2

Laboratory data on patients with multicentric Castleman's disease

Patient no	IgG1 (mg/dl) (320–748)^*	IgG2 (mg/dl) (208–754)^*	IgG3 (mg/dl) (6.6–88.3)^*	IgG4 (mg/dl) (4.8–105)^*	IgG4/IgG (%) (3–6)^*	IgG (mg/dl) (870–1700)^*	IgA (mg/dl) (110–410)^*	IgM (mg/dl) (35–220)^*	IgE (IU/ml) (<170)^*	CRP (mg/dl) (<0.3)^*	IL-6 (pg/ml) (<4.0)^*	LDH (IU/l) (119–229)^*	sIL-2R (U/ml) (220–530)^*	Hb (g/dl) (male, 13.5–17.6)^* (female, 11.3–15.2)^*	Alb (g/dl) (4.0–5.0)^*	T-cho (mg/dl) (150–219)^*
1	1830	1810	270	93	2.3	4003	620.1	139.2	ND	2.84	8.6	119	1812	12.7	3.4	142
2	2080	1270	94	147	4.1	3591	1049	135	1670	9.3	19.6	143	1080	13.2	3.6	103
3	ND	ND	ND	154	4.9	3113	352	106	ND	7.21	27.4	103	2137	7.5	2.2	117
4	3290	1310	168	314	6.2	5082	898	229	ND	9.3	31.2	133	3797	8.1	1.8	114
5	ND	ND	ND	1460	17.4	8380	638	263	ND	10.06	30	91	1644	10.9	2.2	ND
6	3810	2210	55.8	789	11.5	7957	693	162	ND	6.26	17.3	110	2200	9.4	3.0	91

↵* Normal range or value (in the respective unit).
Alb, albumin; CRP, C-reactive protein; Hb, haemoglobin; Ig, immunoglobulin; IL-6, interleukin-6; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; ND, not determined; sIL-2R, soluble interleukin-2 receptor; T-cho, total cholesterol.