Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the CRC patients and controls
From: The role of heavy metals in the development of colorectal cancer
Variables | Controls | CRC | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 45.13 ± 16.76 | 60.77 ± 10.28 | <0.001 |
Male (n, %) | 16 (26.67) | 54 (53.47) | 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.99 ± 4.64 | 23.87 ± 3.54 | 0.087 |
Smoking (n, %) | 7 (11.67) | 37 (36.63) | 0.001 |
Drinking (n, %) | 21 (35) | 12 (11.88) | <0.001 |
Diabetes (n, %) | 2 (3.33) | 6 (5.94) | 0.462 |
Hypertension (n, %) | 13 (21.67) | 32 (31.68) | 0.171 |
V (ug/L) | 0.29 ± 0.37 | 0.49 ± 0.63 | 0.024 |
Cr (ug/L) | 1.94 ± 0.80 | 3.09 ± 1.75 | <0.001 |
Mn (ug/L) | 14.52 ± 3.91 | 14.88 ± 6.41 | 0.695 |
Co (ug/L) | 0.29 ± 0.24 | 0.26 ± 0.26 | 0.390 |
Ni (ug/L) | 1.16 ± 1.55 | 1.14 ± 1.18 | 0.953 |
Cu (ug/L) | 815.56 ± 137.92 | 1003.77 ± 272.29 | <0.001 |
Zn (ug/L) | 6.41 ± 2.01 | 6.26 ± 2.12 | 0.658 |
Ga (ug/L) | 0.19 ± 0.24 | 0.19 ± 0.27 | 0.929 |
As (ug/L) | 3.43 ± 3.52 | 6.22 ± 9.88 | 0.037 |
Se (ug/L) | 194.63 ± 53.60 | 167.33 ± 57.89 | 0.003 |
Sr (ug/L) | 29.57 ± 11.57 | 26.57 ± 7.66 | 0.050 |
Cd (ug/L) | 0.95 ± 1.81 | 0.89 ± 1.32 | 0.813 |
Sn (ug/L) | 0.04 ± 0.21 | 0.18 ± 0.48 | 0.042 |
Sb (ug/L) | 0.13 ± 0.55 | 0.11 ± 0.41 | 0.849 |
Ba (ug/L) | 60.09 ± 35.56 | 74.68 ± 33.60 | 0.010 |
Hg (ug/L) | 0.48 ± 2.64 | 0.26 ± 0.95 | 0.450 |
Tl (ug/L) | 0.01 ± 0.04 | 0.02 ± 0.06 | 0.806 |
Pb (ug/L) | 9.03 ± 5.24 | 10.90 ± 5.91 | 0.044 |