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. 2025 Jan 16;16(5):1159–1163. doi: 10.1007/s13193-024-02181-9

Table 3.

Association between CA 125, HE4, RMI and ROMA values and risk of malignancy

Tumor marker Histopathology Total number of cases (n = 94) Statistical significance
Benign Borderline Malignant
CA125 values (pre-menopausal)
  < 200 U/ml 63 (77.8%) 3 (3.7%) 15 (18.5%) 81 p = 0.002
  > 200 U/ml 4 (30.8%) 1 (7.7%) 8 (61.5%) 13
CA125 values (post-menopausal)
  < 35 U/ml 10 (76.9%) 2 (15.4%) 1 (7.7%) 13 p = 0.002
  > 35 U/ml 18 (34%) 2 (3.8%) 33 (62.3%) 53
HE4 values (pre-menopausal)
  < 70 pmol/L 63 (94%) 1 (1.5%) 3 (4.5%) 67 (100.0%) p = 0.001
  > 70 pmol/L 4 (14.8%) 3 (11.1%) 20 (74.1%) 27 (100.0%)
HE4 values (post-menopausal)
  < 140 pmol/L 27 (75%) 2 (5.7%) 7 (19.4%) 36 (100.0%) p = 0.001
  > 140 pmol/L 1 (3.3%) 2 (6.7%) 27 (90.0%) 29 (100.0%)
RMI values
  < 200 66 (89.2%) 2 (2.7%) 6(8.1%) 74 p = 0.000
  > 200 29 (33.7%) 6 (7.0%) 51 (59.3%) 86
ROMA values (pre-menopausal)
  < 11.4% 56 (94.9%) 1 (1.7%) 2 (3.7%) 59 (100.0%) p = 0.001
  ≥ 11.4% 11 (31.4%) 3 (8.6%) 21 (60%) 35 (100.0%)
ROMA values (post-menopausal)
  < 22.9 22 (88%) 1 (4%) 2 (8%) 25 (100.0%) p = 0.001
  > 22.9 6 (14.6%) 3 (7.3%) 32 (78%) 41 (100.0%)