Table 1.

Characteristics of the subjects involved in this study.

Parameters	C	CP	PC	p-value
n	26	14	39	-
Age 1	50.8 ± 16.4	51.1 ± 12.4	66.1 ± 9.86	<0.0001	***
Sex (F/M) 2	13/13	3/11	18/21	0.189

Note: ¹ The values indicate average ± standard deviation. p-value was calculated by Mann–Whitney test. ² The values indicate the number of female and male subjects. p-value was calculated by the χ² test. C: control CP: chronic pancreatitis; PC: pancreatic cancer; n: number of subjects; ***: p < 0.001.