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Table 1 Demography of case cohort

From: Pre-operative plasma VEGF-C levels portend recurrence in epithelial ovarian cancer patients and is a bankable prognostic marker even in the initial assessment of a patient

Characteristics

Malignant, n(%)

Borderline, n(%)

Benign, n(%)

Total

P value

Number (n)

95 (73.1)

17 (13.1)

18 (13.8)

130 (100)

 

Age (mean ± SD)

51 ± 12

46 ± 16

50 ± 14

51 ± 12

0. 3378

Mensus status

    

0.602

Pre mensus

28 (29.5)

7 (41.2)

5 (27.8)

40 (30.8)

 

Post mensus

67 (70.5)

10 (58.8)

13 (72.2)

90 (69.2)

 

FIGO stage

    

< 0.001

I and II

36 (37.9)

17 (100)

---

53 (40.8)

 

III and IV

59 (62.1)

0 (0)

---

59 (45.4)

 

Grade

    

< 0.001

I and II

39 (41.1)

17 (100)

---

56 (50)

 

III and UD

56 (58.9)

0 (0)

---

56 (50)

 

Histopathology

    

< 0.001

Serous

57 (60)

8 (47.1)

9 (50)

74 (56.9)

 

Mucinous

10 (10.5)

8 (47.1)

9 (50)

27 (20.8)

 

Endometrioid

5 (5.3)

1 (5.9)

0 (0)

6 (4.6)

 

Clear cell

5 (5.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (3.8)

 

Poorly differentiated

18 (18.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

18 (13.9)

 

Bilateral affliction

59 (45.4)

5 (29.4)

0 (0)

64 (49.2)

ND*

Pre-Op CA125

    

< 0.001

0–35 U/mL

5 (5.3)

5 (29.4)

12 (66.7)

22 (16.9)

 

35–110 in U/mL

7 (7.4)

6 (35.3)

5 (27.8)

18 (13.8)

 

110–1000 U/mL

51 (53.7)

5 (29.4)

1 (5.5)

57 (43.9)

 

> 1000 U/mL

32 (33.7)

1 (5.9)

0 (0)

33 (25.4)

 

Ascites

    

< 0.001

Nil

17 (17.9)

6 (35.3)

14 (77.8)

37 (28.5)

 

< 500 ml

25 (26.3)

10 (58.8)

4 (22.2)

39 (30)

 

> 500 ml

53 (55.8)

1 (5.9)

0 (0)

54 (41.5)

 

Residual disease

    

< 0.001

Nil

44 (46.3)

12 (70.6)

18 (100)

74 (56.9)

 

< 1

27 (28.4)

2 (11.8)

0 (0)

29 (22.3)

 

> 1

22 (23.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

22 (16.9)

 

Not known

2 (2.1)

3 (17.6)

0 (0)

5 (3.9)

 
  1. *ND – Not Determined; Nil – Nought (no ascites or no residual disease)