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. 2021 Jun 9;11(6):542. doi: 10.3390/life11060542

Table 4.

The dependency on oncological and demographical parameters of biomarkers concentrations represented as effect sizes and p values.

Parameter CEA
Effect Size (p-Value)
CEACAM6
Effect Size (p-Value)
Ca19-9
Effect Size (p-Value)
Demographical
Gender 0.01 (0.1) ** −0.01 (0.8) ** 0.00 (0.3) **
Age 0.04 (0.46) * 0.09 (0.13) * −0.05 (0.42) *
Diabetes mellitus 0.01 (0.1) ** 0.01 (0.06) ** 0.00 (0.9) **
BMI −0.04 (0.47) * 0.01 (0.85) * 0.04 (0.51) *
Oncological
T 1 0.05 (0.001) ** 0.04 (0.008) ** 0.05 (0.001) **
N 2 −0.01 (0.9) ** 0.00 (0.5) ** 0.05 (0.002) **
M 3 0.07 (0.00005) ** 0.02 (0.03) ** 0.03 (0.004) **
G 4 −0.01 (0.9) ** 0.00 (0.6) ** −0.01 (0.7) **
R 5 0.00 (0.5) ** 0.00 (0.3) ** 0.01 (0.1) **
Stage 0.06 (0.002) ** 0.00 (0.3) ** 0.04 (0.01) **
LNR 6 −0.05 (0.59) * −0.05 (0.56) * 0.13 (0.14) *
Perineural invasion 0.10 (0.000004) ** 0.05 (0.0008) ** 0.03 (0.02) **
Perivascular invasion 0.09 (0.000007) ** 0.06 (0.0005) ** 0.02 (0.02) **
Tumour diameter 0.1 (0.1) * 0.1 (0.09) * 0.2 (0.00) *
Tumour localization 0.00 (0.3) ** −0.02 (0.9) ** 0.00 (0.4) **
Bilirubin concentration 0.05 (0.4) * 0.01 (0.83) * −0.04 (0.46) *

* Kendall correlation coefficient; ** eta2, based on the H-statistic effect size; 1 primary tumour; 2 regional lymph nodes; 3 distant metastasis; 4 differentiation; 5 resection status; 6 lymph node ratio.