Table 4 Correlations between concentrations of CRP and clinical parameters of EOC patients.

From: Clinical usefulness of high levels of C-reactive protein for diagnosing epithelial ovarian cancer

 

Overall (n = 91)

CRP < 9.8 mg/L (n = 25)

CRP > 9.8 mg/L (n = 66)

p

N

%

N

%

Age

     

0.641

 ≤ 55

48

12

25

36

75

 

 > 55

43

13

30

30

70

 

Histopathologic differentiation

     

0.721

Poor

25

6

24

19

76

 

Moderate

34

11

32

23

68

 

Good

32

8

25

24

75

 

FIGO stage

     

 < 0.05*1

I

23

4

17

19

83

 

II

29

4

14

25

86

 

III

18

8

44

10

56

 

IV

21

9

43

12

57

 

Histologic type

     

0.991

Serous

42

11

26

31

74

 

Mucinous

25

7

28

18

72

 

Endometrioid

17

5

29

12

71

 

Clear cell

7

2

28

5

72

 

Tumor size

     

 < 0.05*1

 ≤ 5 cm

38

5

13

33

87

 

5–10 cm

46

18

39

28

61

 

 > 10 cm

7

2

28

5

72

 
  1. Results showed that among these clinical correlations, high levels of CRP were significantly correlated with tumor size and pathologic staging. No significant correlation was found between CRP or other clinical parameters. Values of *p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
  2. 1Chi-squared test.
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