Research Article
Circulating Serum Level of Visfatin in Patients with Endometrial Cancer
Table 4
Visfatin concentration in serum, depending on staging and grading group of endometrial cancer.
| | Mean | Median | Min. | Max. | SD | |
| Endometrioid/nonendometrioid | 19.8/23.1 | 20.4/24.3 | 13.4/16.1 | 22.2/29.6 | 2.4/2.9 | NS | G1/G2 | 17.3/22.2 | 18.3/23.9 | 13.2/10.2 | 19.9/31.3 | 1,8/3.7 | 0.03 | G2/G3 | 22.2/31.8 | 23.9/33.8 | 10.2/14.6 | 31.3/41.2 | 3.7/4.2 | 0.002 | FIGO I and II/FIGO III and IV | 16.8/32.4 | 17.1/33.5 | 11.8/15.4 | 22.1/40.9 | 2.03/4.2 | 0.0002 | Tumor size <2 cm or >2 cm | 19.1/33.3 | 20.02/35.1 | 15.2/17.1 | 25.2/42.1 | 2.4/4.3 | 0.003 | Infiltration of the myometrium: superficial/deep | 18.4/30.6 | 19.1/31.8 | 11.2/17.3 | 25.1/38.7 | 2.2/3.6 | 0.004 | Lymph vessels invasion +/− | 25.5/22.3 | 27/23.1 | 17.2/16.5 | 29.1/26.6 | 2/2.2 | NS | Vascular invasion +/− | 29.8/21.4 | 30.3/22.3 | 16.7/19.1 | 39.2/30 | 4.1/2.8 | 0.02 | Lymph nodes metastasis +/− | 39.1/21.2 | 40.01/22.6 | 16.2/18.4 | 46.1/29.2 | 4.7/2.1 | 0.01 |
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