Table 3. Expression of mucins and associated O-glycans in different colorectal polyp subtypes and corresponding adjacent normal colon.

		NC	HP	NC	SSA/P	NC	TA
MUC1	Mean ± SE	0.25±0.07 e	0.76 ± 0.09 b	0.09±0.02 l	0.53 ± 0.09 c,h	0.28±0.05 i	1.02 ± 0.09 c,k
	Median (Min, Max)	0.1(0,1.4)	0.6(0.1, 2.1)	0.05(0, 0.3)	0.4(0.05, 2.4)	0.2(0, 1)	1(0.1, 2.4)
MUC4	Mean ± SE	1.87±0.11	1.66 ± 0.12 k	1.63±0.15 l	1.05 ± 0.12 c,e	1.25±0.12	1.21 ± 0.12
	Median (Min, Max)	2.1(0.2, 2.55)	1.8(0.3, 2.7)	1.8(0.1, 2.4)	1(0.05, 2.7)	1.2(0.05, 2.4)	1.3(0.1, 2.4)
MUC17	Mean ± SE	0.11±0.03 f	0.37 ± 0.05 c,l	0.06±0.02 l	0.85 ± 0.08 c,f,g	0.24±0.05	0.47 ± 0.07 j
	Median (Min, Max)	0.05(0, 0.7)	0.2(0.05, 1.2)	0(0, 0.3)	1(0.05, 2.1)	0.1(0, 1.2)	0.4(0, 1.4)
MUC2	Mean ± SE	2.31±0.09	2.09 ± 0.09 h	2.26±0.09 k	1.92 ± 0.08 b,g	2.21±0.06 i	1.35 ± 0.14 c,e,j
	Median (Min, Max)	2.4(1.2, 2.7)	2.4(0.75, 2.7)	2.4(0.9, 2.7)	1.8(1.2, 2.7)	2.4(1, 2.7)	1.3(0.1, 2.7)
MUC5AC	Mean ± SE	0±0 f	0.65 ± 0.08 c,l,i	0±0 l	1.24 ± 0.09 c,f,i	0.03±0.02 i	0.3 ± 0.08 c,f,l
	Median (Min, Max)	0(0, 0)	0.6(0.15, 2.1)	0(0, 0)	1.2(0.15, 2.4)	0(0, 0.6)	0.06(0, 2.1)
Tn/STn-MUC1	Mean ± SE	0.23±0.05 f	1.42 ± 0.07 c	0.17±0.05 l	1.39 ± 0.08 c	0.39±0.05 i	1.13 ± 0.1 c
	Median (Min, Max)	0.1(0, 0.8)	1.4(0.6, 2.7)	0(0, 0.8)	1.4(0.3, 2.4)	0.3(0, 1.6)	1.2(0, 2.4)
CA19-9	Mean ± SE	0.1±0.05 f	1.53 ± 0.17 c,i	0.04±0.02 l	1.72 ± 0.13 c,i	0.02±0.01 i	0.1 ± 0.03 c,f,l
	Median (Min, Max)	0(0, 1.2)	1.8(0, 2.7)	0(0, 0.4)	2.1(0, 2.7)	0(0, 0.3)	0(0, 0.6)

^ap < 0.05 vs. adjacent normal; ^bp < 0.005 vs. adjacent normal; ^cp < 0.0005 vs. adjacent normal; ^dp < 0.05 vs. HP; ^ep < 0.005 vs. HP; ^fp < 0.0005 vs. HP; ^gp < 0.05 vs. TA; ^hp < 0.005 vs. TA; ⁱp < 0.0005 vs. TA; ^jp < 0.05 vs. SSA/P; ^kp < 0.005 vs. SSA/P; ^lp < 0.0005 vs. SSA/P

NC, adjacent normal colon; HP, hyperplastic polyps; SSA/P, sessile serrated adenoma/polyps; TA, tubular adenoma; SE, standard error; Min, minimum; Max, maximum