Assessment of the diagnostic and prognostic relevance of ACAT1 and CE levels in plasma, peritoneal fluid and tumor tissue of epithelial ovarian cancer patients - a pilot study

Table 2 Correlation between CE and ACAT1 levels in tissue, peritoneal fluid and plasma

		Spearman R values	p-Values
ACAT1 Protein (Tissue)	versus CE^a (n = 19)	0.552	0.044
	versus CE^b (n = 24)	0.787	0.002
	versus CE^c (n = 26)	−0.243	0.347
ACAT1 Protein (Peritoneal Fluid)	versus CE^a (n = 19)	0.574	0.035
	versus CE^b (n = 24)	0.594	0.007
	versus CE^c (n = 24)	0.231	0.313
ACAT1 Protein (Plasma)	versus CE^a (n = 19)	0.134	0.648
	versus CE^b (n = 24)	0.236	0.330
	versus CE^c (n = 26)	−0.361	0.108

CE Cholesterol ester, ACAT1 acyl-CoA cholesterol acyltransferase, ^a tissue, ^b peritoneal fluid, ^c plasma, n = number of samples

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