Table 1.

Association between clinical characteristics of advanced ovarian cancer patients (FIGO III/IV) and tumor biological factors.

Clinical parameters	No. of patients	KLK6a Low/high	KLK8a Low/high	KLK6+KLK8b Low/high
Total no. of patients	100	49/50	50/50	34/65
Age		P = 0.919	P = 0.841	P = 0.942
≤ 60 years	49	24/25	25/24	17/32
> 60 years	51	25/25	25/26	17/33
Residual tumor mass		P = 0.230	P = 0.359	P = 0.062
0 mm	45	25/20	25/20	20/25
> 0 mm	54	23/30	25/29	14/39
Ascitic fluid volume		P = 0.875	P = 0.551	P = 0.264
≤ 500 ml	46	25/21	26/20	20/26
> 500 ml	38	20/18	19/19	12/26

^aChi-square test (cutoff point = median)

^bHigh KLK6+KLK8: KLK6 and/or KLK8 above median; low KLK6+KLK8: KLK6 and KLK8 both below median