Soluble Fas might serve as a diagnostic tool for gastric adenocarcinoma

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Table 1 Serum levels of sFas/sFasL based on descriptive characteristics of non-tumoral group

	Non-Tumoral Group
	sFas (pg/ml)			sFasL (pg/ml)
	N*	Mean ± SE.M^†	P Value	N*	Mean ± SE.M^†	P Value
Gender
Male	30	103.21 ± 7.54	*0.023*	32	0.13 ± 0.02	0.09
Female	29	82.40 ± 5.88		30	0.17 ± 0.03
Economic Status\
Poor	15	85.21 ± 11.66	0.82	16	0.10 ± 0.03	0.17
Moderate to Good	43	95.07 ± 5.45		45	0.16 ± 0.02
Educational Status
Under high school Diploma	41	97.94 ± 6.44	0.25	43	0.16 ± 0.03	0.91
High school Diploma & above	16	81.42 ± 6.91		17	0.13 ± 0.02
Tobacco consumption
Negative	51	88.83 ± 5.03	*0.041*	53	0.16 ± 0.02	0.11
Positive	8	119.46 ± 15.27		9	0.11 ± 0.01
Opium addiction
Negative	46	86.81 ± 5.20	*0.015*	47	0.16 ± 0.02	0.52
Positive	13	114.82 ± 11.31		15	0.12 ± 0.02
History of *H. pylori* infection ^‡
Negative	49	76.17 ± 9.76	0.12	51	0.14 ± 0.04	0.27
Positive	10	97.74 ± 5.58		11	0.15 ± 0.02

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