Research Article

Human Epididymis Protein 4 (HE4) Reference Limits in Polish Population of Healthy Women, Pregnant Women, and Women with Benign Ovarian Tumors

Table 3

Reference range of HE4 for healthy patients and for the extended group that includes those with benign adnexal changes.

Studied groupMenopausal statusMedian (pmol/l)Number of patientsHE4 norm (pmol/l) (CL95%)

Healthy womenAll4826533-85
Healthy womenPre4415715-73
Healthy womenPost5310838-93
Healthy+benign conditionsAll49.546033-91.5
Healthy+benign conditionsPre4029632-79
Healthy+benign conditionsPost5516440-117
Patients with endometrial cystsAll527235-83
Patients with cystadenomasAll525134-119
Patients with dermoid cystsAll533933-94
Patients with serous cystsAll513337-79