4.
Relationship between CTC and metabolic factors in patients with hyperglycemia
| Variables | n (%) | Positive rate
(%) |
P* | ||
| Patients with hyperglycemia
(N=49) |
CTC-negative
(N=39) |
CTC-positive
(N=10) |
|||
| CTC, circulating tumor cell; HDL, high-density lipoprotein *, Chi-square test (without unknowns). | |||||
| History of diabetes | 0.723 | ||||
| Yes | 19 (38.8) | 14 (35.9) | 5 (50.0) | 26.3 | |
| No | 25 (51.0) | 20 (51.3) | 5 (50.0) | 20.0 | |
| Unknown | 5 (10.2) | 5 (12.8) | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Hypoglycemic agents | 0.692 | ||||
| Yes | 11 (22.4) | 8 (20.5) | 3 (30.0) | 27.3 | |
| No | 33 (67.3) | 26 (66.7) | 7 (70.0) | 21.2 | |
| Unknown | 5 (10.2) | 5 (12.8) | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Glycated hemoglobin A1c | 0.402 | ||||
| Normal | 18 (36.7) | 16 (41.0) | 2 (20.0) | 11.1 | |
| High | 18 (36.7) | 13 (33.3) | 5 (50.0) | 8.8 | |
| Unknown | 13 (26.5) | 10 (25.6) | 3 (30.0) | 23 | |
| HDL (mmol/L) | 0.143 | ||||
| Normal (≥1.29) | 14 (28.6) | 13 (33.3) | 1 (10.0) | 7.1 | |
| Low (<1.29) | 32 (65.3) | 23 (59.0) | 9 (90.0) | 28.1 | |
| Unknown | 3 (6.1) | 3 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 0 | |