. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 18.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer Lett. 2007 Jul 9;256(1):101–111. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.06.003

Table 3.

Ceramide levels^* in female and male genders

Subspecies	Female (n=12)	Male (n=33)	P^**
Total Ceramide
Normal	374±299	240±192	.08
Tumor	525±330	343±294	.08
C₁₆-ceramide
Normal	141±125	81.9±73.0	.06
Tumor	231±177	155±137	.14
C₁₈-ceramide
Normal	31.2±25.1	23.3±15.0	.21
Tumor	23.3±26.6	10.7±7.61	.02
C_18:1-ceramide
Normal	11.6±11.2	7.90±9.27	.27
Tumor	10.2±8.47	5.71±6.08	.06
C₂₄-ceramide
Normal	50.3±50.6	47.7±68.9	.91
Tumor	92.4±81.7	60.8±73.5	.22
C_24:1-ceramide
Normal	104±103	59.7±51.4	.06
Tumor	130±98.4	85.5±91.3	.17

(pmol/1mg protein), mean+SD

^**

Unpaired T Test