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. 2015 Aug 21;13:253. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0656-9

Table 2.

The associations between preoperative CRP, CYFRA 21-1, and clinicopathologic parameters (N = 130)

CRP CYFRA 21-1
Negative (n (%)) Positive (n (%)) P value Negative (n (%)) Positive (n (%)) P value
Pathologic tumor status
 Earlya (n = 74) 64 (86.5) 10 (13.5) <0.001 e 66 (89.2) 8 (10.8) 0.308
 Advancedb (n = 56) 29 (51.8) 27 (48.2) 46 (82.1) 10 (17.9)
Pathologic N stage
 N0 (n = 68) 54 (79.4) 14 (20.6) 0.049 59 (86.8) 9 (13.2) 0.024
 N1 (n = 25) 18 (72.0) 7 (28.0) 25 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
 N2 (n = 37) 21 (56.8) 16 (43.2) 28 (75.7) 9 (24.3)
Nodal status
 (−) metastasis, (−) ECS (n = 68) 54 (79.4) 14 (20.6) 0.014 59 (86.8) 9 (13.2) 0.039
 (+) metastasis, (−) ECS (n = 23) 18 (78.3) 5 (21.7) 23 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
 (+) metastasis, (+) ECS (n = 39) 21 (53.8) 18 (46.2) 30 (76.9) 9 (23.1)
Differentiation
 Well (n = 32) 21 (65.6) 11 (34.4) 0.304 29 (90.6) 3 (9.4) 0.689
 Moderate (n = 80) 61 (76.2) 19 (23.8) 68 (85.0) 12 (15.0)
 Poor (n = 18) 11 (61.1) 7 (38.9) 15 (83.3) 3 (16.7)
Tumor stage
 Earlyc (n = 45) 40 (88.9) 5 (11.1) 0.002 e 38 (84.4) 7 (15.6) 0.791e
 Advancedd (n = 85) 53 (62.4) 32 (37.6) 74 (87.1) 11 (12.9)
Skin invasion
 No (n = 117) 88 (75.2) 29 (24.8) 0.009 e 102 (87.2) 15 (12.8) 0.389e
 Yes (n = 13) 5 (38.5) 8 (61.5) 10 (76.9) 3 (23.1)
Bone invasion
 No (n = 105) 83 (79.0) 22 (21.0) <0.001 e 91 (86.7) 14 (13.3) 0.750e
 Yes (n = 25) 10 (40.0) 15 (60.0) 21 (84.0) 4 (16.0)
Tumor depth ≥10 mm
 No (n = 60) 53 (88.3) 7 (11.7) <0.001 e 54 (90.0) 6 (10.0) 0.311e
 Yes (n = 70) 40 (57.1) 30 (42.9) 58 (82.9) 12 (17.1)

ECS extracapsular spread

aT1–T2

bT3–T4

cStage I–II

dStage III–IV

eFisher’s exact test