Table 1. Clinical details of patients and analysis of glycocalyx layer.
| Patient No. | Age | Sex | Location of the AdCa | Isolated tissue | Mean height of existent glycocalyx in healthy tissuea [nm] | Coverage of tissue with intact glycocalyx [%] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy | AdCa | Adenoma | Healthy | AdCa | Adenoma | |||||
| 1 | 80 | M | SC | X | X | 1,530 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 72 | F | cecum | X | X | X | 666 | 72.5 | 0 | 33.4 |
| 3 | 76 | M | SC | X | X | X | 1,544 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 80 | F | cecum | X | 0 | |||||
| 5 | 88 | F | cecum & TC | X / X | X / X | 746 / 968 | 99.6 / 100 | 0 / 0 | ||
| 6 | 71 | F | SC | X | X | 1,230 | 99.2 | 24.2 | ||
| 7 | 73 | M | LF | X | X | 1,364 | 100 | 50.8 | ||
| 8 | 85 | M | SC | X | X | 1,130 | 100 | 10.4 | ||
| 9 | 50 | M | DC | X | X | X | 1,005 | 100 | 22.8 | 9.7 |
| 10 | 75 | F | SC | X | X | 1,454 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 87 | F | SC | X | X | 1,113 | 98.3 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 72 | M | rectum | X | X | 1,073 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 85 | F | AC | X | X | 1,232 | 86.6 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 81 | M | LF | X | X | 1,095 | 90.8 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 62 | M | TC | X | X | 963 | 59.3 | 51.0 | ||
Abbreviations: AdCa = adenocarcinoma; M = male; F = female; SC = sigmoid colon; TC = transverse colon; LF = left flexure; DC = descending colon; AC = ascending colon.
aMean of 20–30 measurements