Table 1.

Sample number and the statistics of the functionomes for the four SC staging groups.

Stage	Case	Control	Total	Case Mean (SD)	Control Mean (SD)	Corrected Case Mean	p Value *
I	34	136	170	0.6195 (0.1035)	0.6461 (0.1018)	0.6214	<0.05
II	39	136	175	0.6021 (0.1109)	0.6459 (0.1017)	0.6041	<0.05
III	695	136	831	0.5748 (0.1205)	0.6518 (0.1083)	0.5715	<0.05
IV	131	136	267	0.5588 (0.1154)	0.6486 (0.1031)	0.5583	<0.05

SD, standard deviation.