Table 1.

Patient profile and median values of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) serum concentrations among the 4 groups of human papilloma virus-associated cervical lesions

	CIN-I (n = 54)	CIN-II (n = 72)	CIN-III (n = 145)	SCC (n = 93)	P value
Age, years
Mean	30.7	34.4	34.2	48.6	-
Range	15–61	16–73	19–68	21–78
MBL, ng/mL
Median	1,324	1,104	1,098	1,452	0.1133
Range	100–7,189	100–6,603	100–9,607	100–7,101

CIN-I, II, III, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grades 1, 2, and 3; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix (cervical cancer).