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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for total Cat X serum concentrations

From: Prognostic and predictive value of cathepsin X in serum from colorectal cancer patients

 

Median

Mean

SD

Minimum

Lower Quartile

Upper Quartile

Maximum

(ng/ml)

(ng/ml)

(ng/ml)

(ng/ml)

(ng/ml)

(ng/ml)

(ng/ml)

All samples

23.2

23.4

6.4

8.7

19.1

27.3

47.1

Stagea

p = 0.76

I

23.4

24.7

7.4

12.6

20.3

28.5

44.5

II

23.4

22.9

5.6

10.9

18.6

26.6

35.4

III

22.4

22.8

6.4

8.7

19.1

27.5

38.1

IV

22.9

23.5

6.6

10.4

18.5

27.4

47.1

Cancer localisation

p = 0.36

Left-sided colon cancer

23.3

24.2

6.0

12.3

20.1

27.8

40.0

Right-sided colon cancer

22.9

22.5

6.5

8.7

16.6

27.3

38.1

Rectal cancer

23.0

23.3

6.6

9.5

18.7

26.3

47.1

Gender

p = 0.49

Female

23.3

23.9

6.2

11.8

19.2

27.4

44.5

Male

23.1

23.1

6.4

8.7

18.9

26.9

47.1

  1. a17 patients were not staged.
  2. Values of total serum Cat X for all samples, distributed by stage, cancer localisation and by gender.