Table 1.

Identification of vimentin autoantibodies in patient’s sera. P value is in comparison to pancreatic cancer *, one-sided Fisher’s exact test.

Serum	Number of subjects	Vimentin-positive	P value*
Pancreatic cancer	36	16 (44.4%)
Chronic pancreatitis	18	1 (5.6%)	P = 0.003
Healthy Individuals	15	0 (0%)	P = 0.001