Table 1. The relation between clinico-pathological parameters and the pretreatment uric acid level of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (n = 466).

Characteristics	UA level<5.1 mg/dl	UA level ≥5.1 mg/dl	p-value
Gender
Female	163	51	<0.001
Male	141	111
Surgical resection
No	210	123	0.073
Yes	94	39
Tumour stage
I–II	75	33	0.445
III	18	13
IV	211	116
Tumour grade
G1+G2	190	97	0.324
G3+G4	114	65
CA19-9 elevated
<750 U/l	128	72	0.311
>750 U/l	135	67
Karnofski Index (KI)
≤80	183	102
>80	120	60	0.661
unknown	1	0