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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Feb 15;17(4):805–816. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-0248

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Study Population

Training Set
Healthy Benign PDAC
Source Age Range (Median) Gender Source Age Range (Median) Gender Dx Source Age Range (Median) Gender Stage

UPCI
n = 45
24–69 (53) M = 36
F = 9
UAB
n = 57
32–83 (55) M = 23
F = 34
C = 31
P = 17
O = 9
NUH
n = 57
49–91
(73)
M = 29
F = 28
I = 2
II = 18
III = 1
IV = 34
U = 2

FCCC
n = 35
39–87 (66) M = 1
F = 34
NUH
n = 17
23–83 (66) M = 6
F = 11
C = 1
P = 8
O = 8
UAB
n = 49
42–89 (68) M = 20
F = 29
I = 1
II = 3
III = 2
IV = 3
U = 40

NUH
n = 19
33–77 (55) M = 6
F = 13
SKCC
n = 36
45–83 (64) M = 17
F = 19
I = 0
II = 12
III = 5
IV = 6
U = 13


GOG
n = 8
18–61 (44) M = 0
F = 8
UPCI
n = 18
49–87 (70) M = 9
F = 9
I = 1
II = 0
III = 8
IV = 1
U = 8

Total Healthy
n = 107
18–87 (58) M = 43
F = 64
Total Benign
n = 74
23–83 (56) M = 29
F = 45
C = 32
P = 25
O = 17
Total PDAC
n = 160
42–91 (69) M = 75
F = 85
I = 4
II = 33
III = 16
IV = 44
U = 63

Validation Set
Healthy Benign PDAC
Source Age Range (Median) Gender Source Age Range (Median) Gender Dx Source Age Range (Median) Gender Stage

UPCI
n = 46
20–76 (51) M = 34
F = 12
UAB
n = 54
43–85 (57) M = 35
F = 19
C = 16
P = 19
O = 19
UAB
n = 55
44–91 (67) M = 36
F = 29
I = 0
II = 6
III = 4
IV = 6
U = 39

FCCC
n = 37
37–84 (65) M = 6
F = 31
NUH
n = 16
35–86 (75) M = 7
F = 9
C = 2
P = 8
O = 6
SKCC
n = 52
45–83 (65) M = 22
F = 30
I = 0
II = 16
III = 10
IV = 2
U = 24

NUH
n = 27
34–87 (54) M = 5
F = 22
NUH
n = 46
42–92 (74) M = 22
F = 24
I = 3
II = 14
III = 0
IV = 29
U = 0


GOG
n = 10
39–56 (51) M = 0
F = 10
UPCI
n = 20
29–82 (64) M = 8
F = 12
I = 1
II = 1
III = 6
IV = 4
U = 8

Total Healthy
n = 120
20–87 (54) M = 45
F = 75
Total Benign
n = 70
35–86 (66) M = 42
F = 28
C = 18
P = 27
O = 25
Total PDAC
n = 173
29–92 (68) M = 88
F = 95
I = 4
II = 37
III = 20
IV = 41
U = 71

Non-PDAC Cancer Set
Colon Lung Breast
Source Age Range (Median) Gender Source Age Range (Median) Gender Dx Source Age Range (Median) Gender Dx

UPCI
n = 33
47–89 (64.5) M = 18
F = 15
UPCI
n = 62
46–99 (68) M = 30
F = 32
Ad = 33
Sq = 29
Duke
n = 108
52–82 (63) F = 108 IDC = 108

Sources: UPCI – University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute; FCCC – Fox Chase Cancer Center; NUH – NorthShore University HealthSystems; GOG – Gynecological Oncology Group; UAB – University of Alabama-Birmingham; SKCC – Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Duke – Duke University; Benign Dx: C – Benign Cyst; P – Pancreatitis;O – Other benign neoplasm; PDAC Dx: U – stage unknown; Ad – adenocarcinoma; Sq – squamous cell carcinoma; IDC – invasive ductal carcinoma