Table 3.

Patient characteristics of samples included in VA microbiome analysis.

	Colon AC (n = 13 a )	PDAC (n = 14)	p-value
Cancer stage
Local malignancy	13 (92.9%)	12 (85.7%)	>0.999 b
Metastatic malignancy	1 (7.1%)	2 (14.3%)
Age (years), median (range)	69.0 (57.0–90.0)	64.5 (49.9–89.0)	0.394 c
Sex
Male	4 (30.8%)	9 (64.3%)	0.128 b
Female	9 (69.2%)	5 (35.7%)
Diabetes
Yes	3 (23.1%)	7 (50.0%	0.237 b
No	10 (76.9%)	7 (50.0%

n, number. AC, adenocarcinoma; PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

^aFour out of 13 patients were excluded from the analysis due to low bacterial hits.

^bFisher’s exact test.

^cMann–Whitney U test.