Table 4.

Correlations between concentrations of CRP and clinical parameters of EOC patients.

	Overall (n = 91)	CRP < 9.8 mg/L (n = 25)		CRP > 9.8 mg/L (n = 66)		p
		N	%	N	%
Age						0.641
≤ 55	48	12	25	36	75
> 55	43	13	30	30	70
Histopathologic differentiation						0.721
Poor	25	6	24	19	76
Moderate	34	11	32	23	68
Good	32	8	25	24	75
FIGO stage						< 0.05*1
I	23	4	17	19	83
II	29	4	14	25	86
III	18	8	44	10	56
IV	21	9	43	12	57
Histologic type						0.991
Serous	42	11	26	31	74
Mucinous	25	7	28	18	72
Endometrioid	17	5	29	12	71
Clear cell	7	2	28	5	72
Tumor size						< 0.05*1
≤ 5 cm	38	5	13	33	87
5–10 cm	46	18	39	28	61
> 10 cm	7	2	28	5	72

Results showed that among these clinical correlations, high levels of CRP were significantly correlated with tumor size and pathologic staging. No significant correlation was found between CRP or other clinical parameters. Values of *p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.

¹Chi-squared test.