Table 1.

Clinical and histopathological characteristics of pancreatic cancer patients.

Variable	ALL	Low PAUF (PAUF < 10.2 ng/ml)	High PAUF (PAUF ≥ 10.2 ng/ml)	p-Value
Age	63.7 (±9.9)	68.2 (±6.7)	57 (±10.6)	0.026a
Sex: n, %				0.064b
Male	11 (55)	4 (57.1)	7 (42.9)
Female	9 (45)	7 (77.8)	2 (22.2)
BMI, kg/m2	24.7 (±6.8)	25 (±6.9)	24.4 (±7.1)	0.879a
Food intake, kcal/kg/day	26.4 (±7.7)	27.1 (±7.8)	26.3 (±8.0)	1.000a
Body weight, kg
Usual weight	67.8 (±10.9)	64.3 (±9.5)	73 (±11.1)	0.087a
Preoperation day	63 (±9.0)	61.7 (±9.3)	64.4 (±8.8)	0.704a
Weight changes: n, %				0.032b
<5%	9 (45)	7 (63.6)	2 (22.2)
≥5%	11 (55)	4 (36.4)	7 (77.8)
Tumor stage, TNM				0.873b
I–II	14 (70)	8 (57.1)	6 (42.9)
III–IV	6 (30)	3 (50)	3 (50)
WBC, ×103/μL	6.8 (±1.7)	6.9 (±1.7)	6.6 (±1.7)	0.704a
Lymphocyte, %	29.1 (±8.4)	32.9 (±8.2)	24.4 (±6.3)	0.023a
Neutrophil, %	60 (±8.9)	56.3 (±8.7)	64.5 (±7.3)	0.058a
Eosinophil, %	2.9 (±2.9)	3.7 (±2.9)	2 (±2.7)	0.027a
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio		1.9 (0.8)	2.9 (1.1)	0.023a
C-reactive protein, mg/dL	0.5 (±0.6)	0.5 (±0.7)	0.4 (±0.4)	1.000a
Albumin, g/dL	3.6 (±0.5)	3.7 (±0.3)	3.5 (±0.6)	0.849a

Values are the means ± standard deviations.

BMI body mass index, WBC white blood cell.

^aMann–Whitney U-test.

^bChi-squared test.

Bold values indicate statical significance P < 0.05.