Increased Avidity of the Sambucus nigra Lectin-Reactive Antibodies to the Thomsen-Friedenreich Antigen as a Potential Biomarker for Gastric Cancer

Table 2

The avidity of anti-TF IgG, IgM, and a pool of all anti-TF Ab isotypes in gastric cancer patients and controls. The mean ± SD and values are presented.

Groups		IgG	IgM	IgG/M/A
Donors	16	56.7 ± 14.8	44.9 ± 14.0	55.1 ± 7.1
Benign group	15	59.1 ± 11.2	39.9 ± 6.0	47.7 ± 6.7
Gastric cancer	36	59.9 ± 10.3	59.2 ± 12.2	54.4 ± 5.9
values
Donors versus benign group		0.61	0.22	0.01
Donors versus gastric cancer		0.43	0.002	0.75
Benign group versus gastric cancer		0.8	<0.0001	0.003