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. 2024 Nov 21;16(11):7383–7396. doi: 10.21037/jtd-24-922

Table 2. The association of CEA and CA125 with PPF.

Variables Categorical Continuous
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
CEA 3.42 (1.74–6.72) <0.001 2.58 (1.36–4.92) 0.004 1.87 (1.19–2.93) 0.006 1.74 (1.13–2.68) 0.01
CA125 1.96 (1.08–3.55) 0.03 1.88 (0.98–3.63) 0.059 1.41 (1.01–1.97) 0.043 1.39 (0.97–2.00) 0.08

Model 1: crude; Model 2: adjusted for DLCO% pred., age, pulmonary hypertension, honeycombing, emphysema. CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA125, carbohydrate antigen 125; PPF, progressive pulmonary fibrosis; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence Interval; DLCO% pred., percent predicted for diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide.