Table 6.

Value of CXCL8, tumor markers and inflammatory factors in clinical staging

Variable	Patients at stage III (n=87)	Patients at stage I-II (n=62)	T/Z	P
CEA	4.14 [3.06, 4.83]	3.35 [2.54, 4.48]	1.978	0.048
CXCL8	349.79±93.37	281.02±88.00	4.584	<0.001
CYFRA21-1	5.50 [3.54, 18.22]	3.47 [2.17, 5.86]	3.574	<0.001
hs-CRP	15.79 [11.31, 23.64]	13.12 [9.71, 17.39]	2.157	0.031

Notes: CXCL8: chemokine 8; hs-CRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; CYFRA21-1: cytokeratin 19 fragment.