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Table 3 Pathological preoperative laboratory values

From: Pancreatic resection for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm– a thirteen-year single center experience

Laboratory parameter

Overall cohort (n = 54) mean ± SDa

Non-invasive IPMNb mean ± SDa

Invasive IPMNb mean ± SDa

Two-sided p-value

Alanin-Aminotransferase (ALT) > 45 Units/liter (U/l)

13 (25 %)

5 (21 %)

8 (28 %)

0.59

Aspartat-Aminotransferase (AST) > 35 U/l

14 (26 %)

6(25 %)

8 (28 %)

0.84

Cholinesterase (CHE) < 3900 U/l

10 (19 %)

5 (21 %)

5 (18 %)

0.79

Alcalic phosphatase (ALP) > 130 U/l

15 (30 %)

2 (8 %)

13 (48 %)

0.002

Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) > 55 U/l

22 (42 %)

8 (33 %)

14 (48 %)

0.28

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) > 5 nanogramm/liter (ng/l)

9 (18 %)

3 (13 %)

6 (21 %)

0.45

Carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 > 37 U/l

21 (41 %)

5 (22 %)

16 (57 %)

0.01

Lipase > 60 U/l

14 (26 %)

4 (17 %)

10 (33 %)

0.17

Amylase > 53 U/l

24 (44 %)

9 (38 %)

15 (50 %)

0.37

Bilirubin > 1.2 milligramm/deciliter (mg/dl)

11 (20 %)

6 (25 %)

5 (17 %)

0.46

  1. aSD standard deviation
  2. bIPMN intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm