Table 1 Demographics, distribution of clinical risk factors in healthy subjects (HS), patients with pancreatic cancer (PC), intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), and chronic pancreatitis (CP), and baseline clinical-pathological features of patients with PC.

From: Droplet digital PCR quantification of miR-1290 as a circulating biomarker for pancreatic cancer

 

HS (N = 267)

PC (N = 167)

IPMN (N = 19)

CP (N = 20)

Age, median (Q1–Q3)

60 (54–69)

68 (61–76)

73 (64–75.5)

54 (47–62.5)

  <55 years, N (%)

70 (26.2)

23 (13.8)

1 (5.3)

11 (55)

  ≥55 years, N (%)

197 (73.8)

144 (86.2)

18 (94.7)

9 (45)

Gender, N (%)

  Male

116 (43.4)

86 (51.5)

8 (42.1)

14 (70)

  Female

151 (56.6)

81 (48.5)

11 (57.9)

6 (30)

Body Mass Index, median (Q1–Q3)

27 (24–30)

25 (23–28)

27 (26.1–28.1)

23.2 (20.4–27)

  ≤30, N (%)

204 (76.4)

138 (85.2)

16 (84.2)

17 (85)

  >30, N (%)

63 (23.6)

24 (14.8)

3 (15.8)

3 (15)

Smoker, N (%)

  No

133 (49.8)

71 (42.5)

13 (68.4)

4 (20)

  Current/past

134 (50.2)

96 (57.5)

6 (31.6)

16 (80)

Alcohol abuse (≥3 drinks a day), N (%)

  No

250 (93.6)

151 (91)

7 (36.8)

5 (25)

  Yes

17 (6.4)

15 (9)

12 (63.2)

15 (75)

Diabetes, N (%)

  No

230 (86.1)

102 (61.6)

13 (68.4)

12 (60)

  Yes

37 (13.9)

65 (38.9)

6 (31.6)

8 (40)

Family history of cancer, N (%)

  No

70 (26.3)

57 (35.4)

10 (52.6)

6 (30)

  Yes

196 (73.7)

104 (64.6)

9 (47.4)

14 (70)

Tumor location, N (%)

  Head

 

117 (71)

  

  Body

 

21 (13)

  

  Tail

 

27 (16)

  

Pre-operative classification, N (%)

  Resectable

 

34 (20)

  

  Locally advanced

 

60 (36)

  

  Metastatic

 

73 (44)

  

Surgery, N (%)

  No

 

138 (83)

  

  Yes

 

29 (17)

  

Tumor stage, N (%)

  IB

 

1 (0.6)

  

  IIA

 

4 (2.5)

  

  IIB

 

25 (15.7)

  

  III

 

56 (35.2)

  

  IV

 

73 (45.9)

  

Adjuvant therapy, N (%)

  No

 

63 (39)

  

  Yes

 

100 (61)