Table 1.

Characteristics of pancreatic cancer patients and normal controls.

Variable	Controls (n = 91)	Patients (n = 80)	P value
Gender (M/F)	36/55	40/40	.170
Age (years, Mean ± SD)	59.98 ± 7.14	62.26 ± 9.51	.096
TNM stage
I		25
II		17
III		21
IV		17
CA19-9 (U/ml)			<.001∗
≤27	89	13
>27	2	67
CEA (ng/ml)			<.001∗
≤5.2	89	54
>5.2	2	26
CA125 (U/ml)			<.001∗
≤35	90	58
>35	1	22
TBIL (umol/L)			<.001
≤17.1	79	47
>17.1	12	33