A Novel Panel of Serum Biomarkers for MPM Diagnosis

Table 1

Concerning controls and MPM, age as median and standard deviation, percentage of males, smoking habit, and years of work as median and standard deviation.

	Age	Sex (males)	Smoking habit	Years of work	Asbestos exposure	Years; asbestos exp
Controls (43)		100%	30% no smokers; 7% current smokers; 63% ex-smokers		100%
MPM (27)		78%	30% no smokers; 11% current smokers; 59% ex-smokers		63%

 pertained to asbestos exposed patients.