Table 2 Patient characteristics.

From: Cell free DNA in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: clinicopathologic correlations

  

Detected (n = 25)

Not detected (n = 56)

p-value

Age

Mean (SD)

68.8 (9.0)

66.1 (9.9)

0.242

Sex

F

7 (28.0)

24 (42.9)

0.306

M

18 (72.0)

32 (57.1)

Time_to_death, months

Median (IQR)

10.5 (5.5 to 23.0)

18.0 (10.0 to 36.0)

0.028

Stage

IA

1 (4.0)

3 (5.5)

0.111

IB

4 (16.0)

2 (3.6)

IIA

4 (16.0)

4 (7.3)

IIB

8 (32.0)

32 (58.2)

IV

8 (32.0)

14 (25.5)

Tumor_grade*

G1

4 (21.1)

19 (45.2)

 < 0.001

G2

4 (21.1)

19 (45.2)

G3

11 (57.9)

4 (9.5)

Tumor size, mm**

 

40.2 (17.4)

28.8 (10.4)

0.028

Total_cfDNA_ng

Median (IQR)

42.5 (31.0 to 89.3)

46.2 (31.7 to 80.3)

0.842

cfDNA_conc_ng_ml

Median (IQR)

8.5 (5.6 to 14.9)

7.7 (5.3 to 13.4)

0.85

cfDNA_input_ng

Mean (SD)

36.8 (12.4)

38.0 (12.0)

0.676

Median_Depth of Coverage

Mean (SD)

50,703.2 (17,345.1)

49,590.3 (16,633.5)

0.784

  1. *Tumor grade missing for 20.
  2. **Tumor size missing for 50.