Table 1.

The mean values of serum acute phase proteins (ceruloplasmin, AAT and transferrin) in OSCC and controls

Index	Mean	Standard deviation	z value	p value
Ceruloplasmin (g/l)			4.57	0.01*
OSCC	0.36	0.08
Control	0.20	0.06
AAT (g/l)			1.36	0.17
OSCC	3.51	1.77
Control	4.21	1.63
Transferrin (g/l)			0.26	0.79
OSCC	2.01	1.22
Control	2.17	1.37

Significant at *p ≤ 0.05

z Mann-Whitney test, p probability