Research Article

Evaluation of Serum Levels and Expression of Galectin-4 in Cervical Cancer

Table 1

Galectin-4 serum levels and clinic-pathological features of patients with CC.

Cervical cancerGal-4 in serum (pg/ml) value
MedianRange

Histological type
 Squamous carcinoma32757.062141.130-2518.0000.0949
 Adenocarcinoma7493.630149.880-1388.000
Differentiation
 Poor6539.285316.430-1139.290
 Moderate21565.000149.880-1636.430ns
 Well31108.000368.630-2518.000
 No reported9
Keratinizing
 No14630.030141.130-1462.1400.4677
 Yes10757.062381.130-1478.000
 Not reported15
FIGO staging
 I-II17563.630141.130-1462.1400.1997
 III-IV10681.992453.630-1356.429
 Not classifiable12
Tumor size (cm)
 ≤5.18613.155198.630-1636.4300.1325
 >5.16448.630141.130-647.860
 No size24

values were calculated using Mann–Whitney test with the exception of the differentiation grade which was calculated using Kruskal-Wallis test.