Table 3.

Relationship between clinicopathological parameters and the pretreatment plasma lipase of patients with stage IV pancreatic adenocarcinoma (n = 371)

Characteristics	Lipase <36 U/l	Lipase ≥36 U/l	p-value
Age at diagnosis (years)
<65	103	118	0.634
≥65	64	66
Gender
Female	77	75	0.33
Male	90	109
Karnofsky index
<90	64	66	0.634
≥90	103	118
CA-19-9, U/ml
<Median	62	73	0.734
>Median	90	96
Chemotherapy
No	46	58	0.414
Yes	121	125