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Table 1 Clinicopathological parameters of patient groups

From: KLK10 exon 3 unmethylated PCR product concentration: a new potential early diagnostic marker in ovarian cancer? - A pilot study

 

Patient group

p-value

Benign

Malignant

(N = 14)

(N = 16)

Age (mean ± SD)

45.2 ± 12.7

43.9 ± 14.2

0.788c

Menstrual cycle

   

  Premenopausal

7

11

0.296a

  Postmenopausal

7

5

 

Ascites

   

  Absent

13

8

0.011a

  Present

1

8

 

Serum marker (median)

   

  CA125 (U/ml)

11.6

186.0

0.001b

  KLK10 (ng/ml)

1.41

1.99

0.236b

  KLK6 (ng/ml)

3.05

3.17

0.678b

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aχ2 test
  3. bMann-Whitney test
  4. cStudent t-test
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Journal of Ovarian Research

ISSN: 1757-2215

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