Table 1.
Statistical Comparison between patients and controls regarding demographic and laboratory parameters.
| Patients Group I (N = 60) |
Control Group II (N = 60) |
Test of sig. | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |||
| Age (years) ≤50 | 36 | 60.0 | 38 | 63.0 | χ2 = 0.205 | 0.651 |
| >50 | 24 | 40.0 | 22 | 37.0 | ||
| Age (years) | Mean ± SD. | Mean ± SD. | t = 0.340 | 0.735 | ||
| 50.6 ± 11.8 | 49.9 ± 10.8 | |||||
| RBCs ( × 106/μl) | 4.13 ± 0.3 | 4.38 ± 0.49 | 3.565 | 0.001* | ||
| Hb (g/dl) | 11.41 ± 0.92 | 12.16 ± 1.02 | 4.291* | <0.001* | ||
| HCT (%) | 34.85 ± 2.74 | 36.1 ± 2.86 | 2.436 | 0.016* | ||
| MCV (fl) | 83.12 ± 5.13 | 82.7 ± 4.32 | 0.492 | 0.642 | ||
| MCH (pg) | 31.04 ± 6.04 | 31.35 ± 6.14 | 0.273 | 0.786 | ||
| MCHC (g/dl) | 32.75 ± 1.3 | 33.7 ± 1.0 | 4.498* | <0.001* | ||
| WBCs ( × 10³/μl) | 6.39 ± 1.74 | 5.99 ± 1.58 | 1.313 | 0.192 | ||
| Platelets ( × 10³/μl) | 231.33 ± 41.64 | 227.92 ± 37.9 | 0.470 | 0.639 | ||
| CA 15–3(IU/ml) | 35.29 ± 6.1 | 12.29 ± 7.46 | U = 50.0* | <0.001* | ||
χ2, p: χ2 and p values for Chi square test for comparing between the two groups.
t, p: t and p values for Student t-test for comparing between the two groups.
U, p: U and p values for Mann Whitney test for comparing between the two groups.
*: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.