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Demographic characteristics of the included subjects.
| CRC group N = 98 |
Control group N = 50 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male/female | 64/34 | 32/18 | |
| Age (year, mean ± SD) | 61.61 ± 9.86 | 61.52 ± 6.81 | 0.955 |
| BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD) | 24.56 ± 3.31 | 25.13 ± 3.01 | 0.309 |
| CEA (ng/mL, mean ± SD) | 8.91 ± 20.07 | 3.34 ± 1.85 | 0.085 |
| Cancer location | |||
| Colon (number) | 41 | — | |
| Rectum (number) | 57 | — |
