Table 1.

CRABP-II expression in pancreatic tissue

	Normal parenchyma	Normal ducts	Chronic pancreatitis#	PanIN 1	PanIN 2	PanIN 3	PDAC
Positive (n)	0	0	0	5	30	22	50
Negative (n)	48	23	49	31	17	3	0
Positive rate (%)	0	0	0	13.9*	63.8**,†	88**,†	100**,†

^#including parenchyma and ducts.

^*p <0.05,

^**p<0.001 as compared to normal parenchyma;

^†p<0.001 as compared to PanIN1.