Research Article

Serum Levels of Kisspeptin Are Elevated in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

Table 1

Patient characteristics of study cohort.

PDAC patients128
Sex (%)
 Male-female62.8-37.2
Age (years, median and range)68.0 (42 - 84)
BMI (kg/m2, median and range)24.64 (16.24 - 43.21)
PDAC characteristics (%)
 T1-T2-T3-T43.7-3.7-86.9-5.6
 N0-N129.9-70.1
 M0-M182.9-17.1
 G2-G352.0-48.0
 R0-R168.4-31.6
Clinical performance status (%)
 ECOG 0-1-2-351.8-34.2-9.6-4.4
Operation technique
 Pylorus-sparing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD)/Whipple procedure89.8
 Distal pancreatectomy10.2
Deceased during follow-up (%)
 Yes-no74.4-25.6