Table 1.
Clinical characteristics and tumor markers in patients with tuberculoma vs. those with adenocarcinoma.
| Characteristics | Tuberculoma no. (%) |
Adenocarcinoma no. (%) |
Total no. (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 31 | 30 | 61 | |
| Sex | 0.527 1 | |||
| Female | 13 (41.9%) | 15 (50.0%) | 28 (45.9%) | |
| Male | 18 (58.1%) | 15 (50.0%) | 33 (54.1%) | |
| Age | <0.001 2 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 46.8 (12.3) | 61.1 (9.9) | 53.8 (13.2) | |
| Median [Q1, Q3] | 50.0 [35.0, 57.5] | 61.5 [53.5, 70.0] | 56.0 [44.0, 63.0] | |
| Range | 28.0–64.0 | 41.0–77.0 | 28.0–77.0 | |
| Smoker | 11 (35.5%) | 12 (40.0%) | 23 (37.7%) | 0.716 1 |
| Smoking index | 0.545 2 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 166.13 (285.59) | 349.67 (789.56) | 256.39 (592.16) | |
| Median [Q1, Q3] | 0.00 [0.00, 175.00] | 0.00 [0.00, 425.00] | 0.00 [0.00, 200.00] | |
| Range | 0.00–900.00 | 0.00–4000.00 | 0.00–4000.00 | |
| Underlying disease | ||||
| Emphysema | 6 (19.4%) | 10 (33.3%) | 16 (26.2%) | 0.215 1 |
| Diabetes | 5 (16.1%) | 5 (16.7%) | 10 (16.4%) | 0.955 1 |
| Tumor marker | ||||
| CA125, >35 U/mL | 0.063 2 | |||
| N-Miss | 21 | 13 | 34 | |
| Median [Q1, Q3] | 7.80 [4.73, 11.70] | 12.10 [10.10, 17.20] | 10.70 [7.80, 16.20] | |
| CEA, >5 ng/mL | 0.057 2 | |||
| N-Miss | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
| Median [Q1, Q3] | 1.63 [1.25, 2.26] | 2.21 [1.72, 4.72] | 1.97 [1.57, 3.65] | |
1 Pearson’s chi-square test; 2 Mann–Whitney rank sum test. Abbreviations: no., number; SD, standard deviation; N-Miss, number of missed; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen.