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Table 4 Clinico-pathological characteristics and tumor levels

From: Circulating cell death products predict clinical outcome of colorectal cancer patients

Patient and tumor characteristics

No of patients (%) Total n = 40

CK18-Asp396 level (U/mg) Median (IQR)

P-value

Total CK18 level (U/mg) Median (IQR)

P-value

CK18-Asp396/CK18 × 100 Median (IQR)

P-value

Gender

  

0.94

 

0.67

 

0.96

   Male

26

2.1 (0.2–7.7)

 

203.0 (64.0–318.2)

 

1.9 (0.3–3.7)

 

   Female

14

1.3 (0.2–10.3)

 

159.0 (33.2–273.5)

 

1.7 (0.2–3.6)

 

Age (median 68 year)

  

0.98

 

0.29

 

0.77

   ≤ median

20

1.4 (0.3–6.1)

 

165.0 (53.0–331.7)

 

1.8 (0.5–3.4)

 

   > median

20

2.2 (0.2–9.7)

 

219.1 (57.0–248.9)

 

2.2 (0.2–3.8)

 

Location

  

0.003

 

0.03

 

0.005

   Colon

32

0.8 (0.2–5.7)

 

147.0 (47.1–243.3)

 

1.4 (0.2–2.4)

 

   Rectum

8

12.7 (3.5–19.5)

 

291.5 (214.6–369.7)

 

3.7 (2.8–6.3)

 

Dukes' stage

  

0.79

 

0.49

 

0.90

   A/B

25

1.6 (0.3–9.7)

 

177.1 (71.8–310.2)

 

1.8 (0.2–3.4)

 

   C/D

15

1.3 (0.1–5.9)

 

222.4 (32.7–252.1)

 

2.0 (0.4–3.8)

 

WHO classification

  

0.90

 

0.49

 

0.94

   Adenocarcinoom

37

1.6 (0.3–7.7)

 

190.3 (56.9–281.9)

 

1.9 (0.3–3.4)

 

   Mucinous carcinoom

3

1.1

 

65.4

 

1.7

 

Tumor diameter (median 4.5 cm)*

  

0.37

 

0.43

 

0.31

   ≤ median

20

4.3 (0.3–10.3)

 

203.0 (56.9–310.2)

 

2.3 (0.3–3.9)

 

   > median

18

1.3 (0.1–5.7)

 

154.0 (36.7–281.9)

 

1.6 (0.2–2.3)

 
  1. Clinico-pathological characteristics and tumor CK18-Asp396, total CK18 and CK18-Asp396/CK18 ratios. P-values were calculated with Kruskall-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests and P ≤ 0.05 were considered significant, shown in bold. * Some values missing.