Table III.
Surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry results for BC and BBD groups.
| Peak intensity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protein peaks mass-to-change ratio | Trend | BC (n=62) | BBD (n=31) | Area under curve | P-value |
| 3972 | Decreased | 62.29±36.27 | 123.57±73.94 | 0.783 | <0.001 |
| 4062 | Increased | 127.77±115.72 | 36.76±22.98 | 0.721 | <0.001 |
| 4071 | Increased | 118.95±79.82 | 59.03±23.58 | 0.740 | <0.001 |
| 4609 | Increased | 92.38±40.01 | 67.23±16.39 | 0.702 | 0.001 |
| 5336 | Decreased | 45.74±39.68 | 93.61±57.77 | 0.783 | <0.001 |
| 6850 | Increased | 44.55±2.99 | 25.75±11.68 | 0.721 | <0.001 |
| 8115 (BC2) | Increased | 97.65±10.15 | 31.53±23.77 | 0.698 | 0.002 |
| 8133 | Increased | 131.77±114.87 | 48.46±23.45 | 0.698 | 0.001 |
| 11185 | Decreased | 6.02±8.75 | 16.04±15.94 | 0.769 | <0.001 |
BC, breast cancer; BBD, benign breast disease.