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Table 1 Normalised cytokine data in the combined training and test datasets

From: Serum cytokine biomarker panels for discriminating pancreatic cancer from benign pancreatic disease

 

Median (95% CI)

P value

Analyte

PDAC (n = 127)

HC (n = 45)

CP (n = 49)

BBO (n = 20)

CP + BBO (n = 69)

PDAC vs. HC

PDAC vs. CP

PDAC vs. BBO

PDAC vs. CP + BBO

CA19-9

0.01

-5.01

-2.7

-0.82

-2.25

<0.001

<0.001

NS

<0.001

(-1.0 to 0.2)

(-5.4 to -4.6)

(-3.5 to -2.2)

(-2.6 to 0.5)

(-3.2 to -1.6)

Eotaxin

0.48

0.23

0.53

-0.08

0.45

NS

NS

<0.05

NS

(0.3 to 0.6)

(-0.2 to 0.5)

(0.2 to 0.8)

(-0.5 to 0.7)

(-0.03 to 0.7)

IL-1b

0.23

0.16

0.27

0.14

0.17

NS

NS

<0.05

NS

(0.1 to 0.4)

(0.08 to 0.3)

(0.04 to 0.6)

(-0.5 to 0.5)

(0.05 to 0.4)

IL-1ra

0.72

0.18

0.78

0.06

0.59

<0.05

NS

NS

NS

(0.4 to1.0)

(-0.3 to 0.4)

(0.4 to 1.3)

(-1.5 to 1.5)

(0.2 to 1.0)

IL-6

1.25

0.41

1.65

1.78

1.71

<0.001

NS

NS

NS

 

(1.0 to 1.5)

(0.1 to 0.7)

(1.2 to 2.1)

(1.0 to 2.5)

(1.2 to 2.0)

    

IL-8

0.95

0.02

0.54

0.38

0.51

<0.001

<0.001

NS

<0.001

 

(0.8 to1.2)

(-0.3 to 0.06)

(0.3 to 0.8)

(-0.4 to 1.1)

(0.3 to 0.8)

    

IP-10

-1.85

-2.99

-2.6

-2.52

-2.59

<0.001

<0.001

NS

<0.001

 

(-2.0 to -1.7)

(-3.3 to -2.7)

(-2.9 to -2.3)

(-2.9 to -1.5)

(-2.8 to -2.3)

    

MCP-1

0.31

0.44

0.92

0.64

0.81

NS

NS

NS

NS

 

(0.2 to 0.6)

(-0.02 to 0.6)

(0.3 to 1.2)

(-0.2 to 1.6)

(0.3 to 1.2)

MIP-1b

0.31

-0.45

0.02

-0.28

-0.06

<0.001

NS

<0.05

<0.01

 

(0.2 to 0.4)

(-0.6 to -0.2)

(-0.3 to 0.4)

(-0.5 to 0.2)

(-0.3 to 0.2)

PDGF

0.44

0.31

0.21

-0.62

0.09

NS

NS

<0.01

<0.01

 

(0.2 to 0.5)

(0.1 to 0.4)

(-0.02 to 0.5)

(-1.5 to 0.2)

(-0.18 to 0.4)

  1. Median normalised log2 transformed data are presented for each analyte; the 95% CI are given in brackets. PDAC = Cancer, CP = Chronic Pancreatitis, BBO = Benign Biliary Obstruction. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to generate p-values for group comparisons. NS - non-significant.