Table 1.

Patient characteristics of samples included in VA GALT gene expression analysis.

	Benign colon disease (n = 9)	Colon AC (n = 9)	PDAC (n = 16)	p-value
Cancer stage
Local malignancy	N/A	6 (66.7%)	14 (87.5%)	0.312a
Metastatic malignancy		3 (33.3%)	2 (12.5%)
Age (years; median (range))	55.0 (43.0–95.0)	59.0 (52.0–76.0)	66.5 (49.0–89.0)	0.194b
Sex
Male	4 (44.4%)	3 (33.3%)	10 (62.5%)	0.348c
Female	5 (55.6%)	6 (66.7%)	6 (37.5%)

VA GALT, vermiform appendix gut-associated lymphoid tissue; n, number; AC, adenocarcinoma; PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; N/A, not applicable.

^aFisher’s exact test.

^bWelch ANOVA.

^cChi-square test.