Table 8.

Statistical analysis of folate and Vit B12 in adenocarcinoma and normal samples

Vit B12			Folic acid
	Case (N = 19)	Control (N = 23)		Case (N = 17)	Control (N = 22)
High (> 982 pg/ml)	4	2	Normal (> 5.38 ng/ml)	17	19
Low (< 193 pg/ml)	2	4	Deficient (≤ 5.38 ng/ml)	0	3
Normal (193–982 pg/ml)	13	17
X2	1.4993		X2	0.95805
P	0.4725		P	0.3277
Median (mad*)	298 (130.47)	293 (127.5)		11.4 (8.01)	9.2 (5.56)

*Median absolute deviation