Research Article
Serum Levels of BDNF in Patients with Adenoma and Colorectal Cancer
Table 3
Correlation between serum levels of BDNF or CEA and clinicopathological features of patients with CRC.
| Clinical features | BDNF (range) (ng/mL) | | CEA (range) (ng/mL) | |
| Gender | | 0.484 | | 0.111 | Male () | | | | | Female () | | | | | Age | | 0.052 | | 0.421 | <60 () | | | | | ≥60 () | | | | | Tumor location | | 0.489 | | 0.848 | Colon () | | | | | Rectum () | | | | | Differentiation | | 0.036 | | 0.969 | Low () | | | | | Middle () | | | | | High () | | | | | T stage | | 0.017 | | 0.193 | T1-2 () | | | | | T3 () | | | | | T4 () | | | | | N stage | | 0.134 | | 0.086 | N0 () | | | | | N1 () | | | | | N2 () | | | | | Metastasis | | 0.007 | | 0.001 | M0 () | | | | | M1 () | | | | | TNM stage | | 0.024 | | 0.001 | I-II () | | | | | III () | | | | | IV () | | | | |
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