Table 1.

Summary of clinical characteristics of patients from whom ovarian cyst fluid samples were collected

Characteristics	All samples (N=111)	Benign (n=57)	Malignant (n=54)	P-value
Age (years), mean ± SEM	48.0±1.3	43.64±2.0	52.9±1.4	P=0.0002*
Histological type, n (%)
Serous	31 (27.9)	14 (24.6)	17 (31.5)
Mucinous	50 (45.0)	42 (73.7)	8 (14.8)
Clear cell	13 (11.7)	0 (0.0)	13 (24.1)
Endometrioid	9 (8.1)	0 (0.0)	9 (16.6)
Mixed epithelial	8 (7.2)	1 (1.8)	7 (13)
Cancer stage, n (%)
I	NA	NA	29 (53.7)
II	NA	NA	3 (5.5)
III	NA	NA	15 (27.8)
IV	NA	NA	7 (13)

Note:

^*Mann Whitney test of significance.

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.