Table 2 Measurement of SAA, ApoC-II, CRP and CA19.9 by ELISA in validation set

From: Serum apolipoprotein C-II is prognostic for survival after pancreatic resection for adenocarcinoma

  

SAA (ng ml−1)

ApoC-II ( μ g ml−1)

CRP (ng ml−1)

CA19.9 U l −1

 

N

Mean

s.d.

Mean

s.d.

Mean

s.d.

Mean

s.d.

PDCA

57

104.0

3.9

6.2

2.5

3.7

4.1

105

4.1

APCA

13

32.9

3.8

15.3

3.7

3.4

4.3

267

2.1

HV

12

9.9

2.0

13.7

1.6

2.4

4.9

P by ANOVA

 

0.000

 

0.001

 

n.s.

 

n.s.

 

P for PDC vs APCA

 

0.013

 

0.007

     

P for PDC vs HV

 

0.000

 

0.027

     
  1. Abbreviations: ANOVA=analysis of variance; APCA=advanced pancreatic carcinoma; HV=healthy volunteers; PDCA=pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Values are geometric means±s.d.