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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 May;18(5):1365–1372. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-1034

Table 4.

Marker levels for the controls and cases by risk status. The marker values have been log transformed and standardized to mean=0 and standard deviation=1 in the average risk controls.

Average Rsik High Risk p-value*
n Mean (SE) n Mean (SE)
 HEALTHY CONTROLS 150 294
   CA125 0 (1.0) −0.8 (0.8) <0.001
   Mesothelin 0 (1.0) 0.1 (1.0) 0.63
   HE4 0 (1.0) −0.2 (1.0) 0.10
 BENIGN CONTROLS 110 14
   CA125 0.7 (1.4) 0.5 (1.1) 0.67
   Mesothelin 0.02 (1.2) 0.1 (1.1) 0.79
   HE4 0.43 (1.3) 0.3 (1.3) 0.95
 CASES 102 41
   CA125 4.2 (2.6) 3.6 (2.6) 0.17
   Mesothelin 2.6 (2.8) 2.2 (2.8) 0.38
   HE4 5.2 (3.9) 5.5 (3.6) 0.63
 CASES (by histology)
 Clear Cell 8 2
   CA125 1.8 (2.0) 0.6 (0.1) 0.15
   Mesothelin 0.3 (1.1) −1.0 (0.5) 0.09
   HE4 0.7 (1.3) 2.1 (0.8) 0.17
 Endometrioed 10 4
   CA125 4.7 (3.1) 3.5 (4.2) 0.61
   Mesothelin 1.2 (2.2) 0.9 (3.2) 0.85
   HE4 4.9 (3.4) 5.7 (4.8) 0.77
 Mucinous 6 2
   CA125 3.0 (1.9) 3.4 (1.5) 0.80
   Mesothelin −0.2 (0.6) 1.8 (0.2) <0.001
   HE4 1.6 (1.4) 6.7 (0.8) 0.006
 Serous 66 24
   CA125 4.8 (2.4) 4.4 (2.1) 0.50
   Mesothelin 3.7 (2.6) 2.8 (2.6) 0.16
   HE4 6.4 (3.8) 6.3 (3.5) 0.95
 Other 12 9
   CA125 3.1 (2.9) 2.1 (2.8) 0.42
   Mesothelin 1.0 (2.5) 1.9 (3.3) 0.50
   HE4 3.8 (3.5) 3.9 (3.7) 0.93
 CASES (by stage)
 Stage 1 29 6
   CA125 2.5 (2.6) 2.8 (2.5) 0.85
   Mesothelin 0.4 (1.4) 0.2 (1.7) 0.82
   HE4 1.7 (2.0) 3.9 (3.2) 0.15
 Stage 2 7 3
   CA125 3.4 (2.3) 2.8 (2.4) 0.73
   Mesothelin 1.0 (1.3) 2.3 (3.7) 0.62
   HE4 5.3 (3.0) 6.2 (2.1) 0.63
 Stage 3 53 22
   CA125 5.3 (2.1) 4.4 (2.2) 0.12
   Mesothelin 3.8 (2.7) 3.0 (2.9) 0.26
   HE4 7.1 (3.5) 6.8 (3.1) 0.72
 Stage 4 10 4
   CA125 4.6 (2.8) 5.8 (1.6) 0.38
   Mesothelin 3.4 (3.0) 3.2 (2.6) 0.88
   HE4 4.5 (3.3) 7.9 (2.1) 0.05
*

p-values were obtained from the Student's t-test.