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Table 1 The mean, median, and interquartile range of serum CA199 levels U/mL for healthy controls and patients with diabetes or other cancers

From: Elevated serum CA199 levels in patients suffering type 2 diabetes vs. various types of cancer

CA199

n

Mean (SD)

Median

InterQuartile Range

P value

Healthy controls

2464

15.4(8.7)

13.0

12.1

1.00

Type 2 diabetes

688

49.2(30.2)

38.9

21.7

< 0.01

Esophagus cancer

162

71.7(84.7)

42.6

38.7

< 0.01

Lung cancer

468

110.6(142.9)

53.6

74.1

< 0.01

Pancreatic cancer

102

182.6(167.1)

100.5

231.6

< 0.01

Ovarian cancer

118

78.8(65.3)

53.0

61.3

< 0.01

Breast cancer

152

71.2(88.3)

38.0

33.6

< 0.01

Rectum cancer

419

112.4(148.4)

51.9

67.7

< 0.01

Prostate cancer

48

51.7(35.6)

38.2

22.4

< 0.01

Bladder cancer

36

106.0(151.1)

44.3

83.1

< 0.01

Liver cancer

189

119.5(139.0)

64.4

96.2

< 0.01

Gastric cancer

256

134.3(139.9)

71.9

134.9

< 0.01

Cervical cancer

95

90.9(107.5)

46.5

53.2

< 0.01

Colon cancer

282

160.6(187.1)

74.4

164.9

< 0.01

Lymphoma

33

67.6(63.2)

42.6

43.7

< 0.01

Thyroid cancer

36

43.5(19.7)

37.9

23.1

< 0.01

Intracranial tumors

47

59.6(110.0)

37.6

39.0

< 0.01

Nasopharyngeal laryngeal cancer

46

50.0(33.3)

37.1

25.0

< 0.01