Fig 1.
Flow chart of patient selection.
Table 1.
Diagnostic criteria.
Fig 2.
SMRP levels in each subgroup of patients.
Fig 3.
CYFRA 21-1/CEA ratio in each subgroup of patients.
Table 2.
Pleural effusion SMRP levels and CYFRA 21-1/CEA ratio.
Table 3.
Diagnosis, pleural effusion SMRP levels and CYFRA 21-1/CEA ratio.
Table 4.
Chest CT findings of included patients.
Table 5.
The utility of chest CT findings and pleural effusion biomarkers in diagnosing malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Table 6.
SMRP levels in the pleural effusion of MPM and non-MPM patients.
Table 7.
The CYFRA21-1/CEA ratio of the pleural effusion of MPM and non-MPM patients.
Table 8.
Pleural effusion SMRP and the CYFRA21-1/CEA ratio in MPM and non-MPM patients.
Fig 4.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of SMRP and CYFRA 21-1/CEA ratio.