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Table 1 Alveolar air and pancreatic neoplasms: description of the sample of cases and controls of ages ≥40 and ≤ 75, n.167*

From: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma can be detected by analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in alveolar air

 

Controls (n.102)

Ductal Adenocarcinomas (n.65)

Gender

 - males

51 (50%)

36 (55%)

 - females

51 (50%)

29 (45%)

Age

 - mean (SD)

53 (9)

61 (8)

 - median (IQR)

51 (45-61)

61 (55-68)**

Preexisting or previous diseases

Arterial hypertension

12

10

diabetes mellitus

6

13

Other previous and resolved neoplasms

3

11

other pancreatic diseases

2

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other pathologies

11

6

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR inter-quartile range
  2. *Differences between controls and outcome categories were calculated with Fisher exact test for dichotomous independent variables and with non-parametric Mann-Whitney rank sum test for continuous variables not distributed normally. Only significant differences (p < 0.05) are reported in the table
  3. **Mann-Whitney: p = 0.000