Table 2 Participant characteristics in models 2 and 3

From: Integrated extracellular microRNA profiling for ovarian cancer screening

Characteristics

Total (N = 1402)

Model 2

Model 3

Discovery set (N = 295)

Validation set (N = 1107)

 

Discovery set (N = 223)

Validation set (N = 320)

N

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

p

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

p

Ovarian carcinoma

333

160

  

160

   

160

  

173

   

  Age, years

  

56.8

11.5

 

57.1

11.6

0.79a

 

56.8

11.5

 

57.1

11.6

0.79a

   Histopathological subtypes

       

0.29b

      

0.29b

     Serous

182

90

  

92

   

90

  

92

   

     Clear cell

64

37

  

27

   

37

  

27

   

     Endometrioid

43

17

  

26

   

17

  

26

   

     Mucinous

14

6

  

8

   

6

  

8

   

     Other carcinoma

17

10

  

7

   

10

  

7

   

     Non-epithelial cancer

13

   

13

      

13

   

   Stage

       

0.97b

      

0.97b

     I

82

39

  

43

   

339

  

43

   

     II

33

15

  

18

   

15

  

18

   

     III–IV

218

106

  

112

   

104

  

112

   

Other cancers

859

120

  

739

          

      BC

115

15

  

100

          

      CC

115

15

  

100

          

      ESCC

88

15

  

73

          

      GC

115

15

  

100

          

      HC

81

15

  

66

          

      LC

115

15

  

100

          

      PDA

115

15

  

100

          

      SA

115

15

  

100

          

Borderline ovarian tumor

66

   

66

   

33

  

33

   

   Age, years

     

53

15.5

  

51.6

15.3

 

54.3

15.9

0.50a

    Histopathological subtypes

              

0.85b

     Serous

    

18

   

10

  

8

   

     Mucinous

    

32

   

17

  

15

   

     Granulosa cell

    

5

   

2

  

3

   

     Others

    

11

   

4

  

7

   

   Stage

              

0.51b

     I

    

56

   

26

  

30

   

     II

    

5

   

3

  

2

   

     III

    

5

   

4

  

1

   

Benign ovarian tumor

29

   

29

   

15

  

14

   

   Age, years

     

57.2

10.3

  

52.2

7.6

 

62.6

10.3

0.004a

     Histopathological subtypes

              

0.73b

     Serous

    

5

   

2

  

3

   

     Mucinous

    

11

   

7

  

4

   

     Others

    

13

   

6

  

7

   

Non-cancer controls

115

15

  

100

   

15

  

100

   

   Age, years

  

45.5

10.8

 

45.6

9

0.97a

 

45.5

10.8

 

45.6

9

0.97a

  1. BC breast carcinoma, CC colorectal adenocarcinoma, ESCC esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, GC gastric adenocarcinoma, HC hepatocellular carcinoma, LC lung carcinoma, PDA pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, SA bone and soft tissue sarcoma
  2. aStudent’s t-test
  3. bχ2 test