Prognostic Significance of DR-70 Levels in Dysplastic Colorectal Polyps

Table 1

Comparisons of demographic characteristics and clinical parameters in the control, low grade dysplasia, and high grade dysplasia groups.

	Controls (𝑛=50)	Patients
		Low grade dysplasia (𝑛=72)	High grade dysplasia (𝑛=58)	Total (𝑛=130)	𝑃 value
	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	58.0 (6.2)	60.1 (13.2)	60.1 (11.5)	60.1 (12.4)	0.53^a
Gender	𝑛 (%)
Male	22 (44.0)	37 (51.4)	35 (60.3)	72 (55.4)	0.23^b
Female	28 (56.0)	35 (58.6)	23 (39.7)	58 (44.6)
FOB positivity	—	18 (25)	13 (22.4)	31 (23.8)	0.73
	Median (min–max)
Number of polyps	—	5 (1–6)	5 (1–6)	5 (1–6)	0.50^c
Polyp size (mm)	—	5 (0–20)	6.0 (0–60)	5.5 (0–60)	0.02^c
DR-70 (μg/mL)	0.5 (0.2–0.8)	0.6 (0.3–1.4)	1.1 (0.3–4.3)	0.8 (0.3–4.3)	<0.001^d
	Mean (SD)
CEA (ng/mL)	1.0 (0.7)	2.1 (0.7)	2.2 (1.0)	2.2 (0.8)	<0.001^a

aOne-way ANOVA, ^bChi square test, ^cMann-Whitney 𝑈, ^dKruskal-Wallis test.