Table 1 Characteristics of patients and healthy volunteers
Characteristics | PC patients (n = 114) | Patients with BPDs (n = 94) | HVs (n = 120) | Χ2 | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | |||
Age (years) | ||||||||
Median (range) | 59 (40–82) | 56 (31–83) | 60 (37–84) | 0.642 | ||||
Sex | ||||||||
Female | 36 | 31.6 | 27 | 28.7 | 36 | 30 | 6.183 | 0.792 |
Male | 78 | 68.4 | 67 | 71.3 | 84 | 70 | 0.169 | 0.572 |
High sugar diet | 54 | 47.3 | 15 | 16.1 | 24 | 20 | 4.097 | 0.043* |
Smoker | 60 | 52.6 | 11 | 11.7 | 26 | 21.7 | 5.653 | 0.017* |
Alcohol consumption | 6 | 5.26 | 5 | 5.3 | 6 | 5 | 0.002 | 0.966 |
Family history of PC | 15 | 13.2 | 7 | 7.4 | 6 | 5 | 0.924 | 0.336 |
Location | ||||||||
Head | 81 | 71.1 | ||||||
Body/rear | 33 | 28.9 | ||||||
Histologic grade | ||||||||
I | 12 | 10.5 | ||||||
II | 84 | 73.7 | ||||||
I–II | 18 | 15.8 | ||||||
Tumor size (cm) | ||||||||
Median | 3.94 | |||||||
Range | 1–6 | |||||||
LNM | ||||||||
Positive | 42 | 36.8 | ||||||
Negative | 54 | 47.3 | ||||||
Unknown | 18 | 15.9 | ||||||
PNI | ||||||||
Positive | 109 | 95.6 | ||||||
Negative | 5 | 4.4 | ||||||
Tumor stages (TS) | ||||||||
1b | 9 | 7.8 | ||||||
2a | 21 | 18.4 | ||||||
2b | 15 | 13.1 | ||||||
3 | 18 | 15.8 | ||||||
4 | 51 | 44.9 | ||||||