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Table 1 Characteristics of patients and healthy volunteers

From: Evaluation of serum ATX and LPA as potential diagnostic biomarkers in patients with pancreatic cancer

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

      
  1. BPDs, benign pancreatic diseases; LNM, lymph node metastasis; PNI, perineural invasion; HVs, healthy volunteers
  2. *Depicts results were significant at p < 0.05