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Table 3 Serum CCL2 levels of the study subjects after adjusting the data for the covariates of gender and age

From: Serum levels of the chemokine CCL2 are elevated in malignant pleural mesothelioma patients

 

Unadjusted Data (ANOVA)

Adjusted Data (ANCOVA)

Serum CCL2 (pg/ml)

Std Error

95% CI

Estimated Serum CCL2 (pg/ml)

Std Error

95% CI

Lower Limit

Upper Limit

Lower Limit

Upper Limit

Unexposed (no apparent disease)

275.2

22.9

230.2

320.3

305.5

24.2

256.0

351.1

Possibly Exposed (no apparent disease)

307.5

7.8

292.2

322.8

305.4

7.7

290.4

320.8

Mesothelioma (stage 1 patients)

289.9

41.5

208.4

371.4

275.7

41.1

195.0

356.5

Mesothelioma (stage 2 patients)

281.0

64.4

154.7

407.3

261.0

63.6

136.0

386.0

Mesothelioma (stage 3 patients)

486.0a,c,d

38.4

410.5

561.5

471.4b,c,d

38.1

396.4

546.3

Mesothelioma (stage 4 patients)

493.5a,c,d

33.0

428.7

558.3

492.5a,c,d,e

32.7

428.3

556.7

  1. aDifferent from the Unexposed (no apparent disease) group at p < 0.001
  2. bDifferent from the Unexposed (no apparent disease) group at p < 0.01
  3. cDifferent from the Possibly Exposed (no apparent disease) group at p < 0.001
  4. dDifferent from the Mesothelioma stage 1 patients group at p < 0.01
  5. eDifferent from the Mesothelioma stage 2 patients group at p < 0.05