Research Article
Factors Requiring Adjustment in the Interpretation of Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen: A Cross-Sectional Study of 18,131 Healthy Nonsmokers
Table 2
Univariate and multivariate analyses of log-transformed serum CEA.
| | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | Total population | Training set | Test set | | value | Regression coefficient | value | value | value |
| Gender (ref.: male) | <0.001 | ā0.051 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | Age | <0.001 | 0.005 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | BMI | <0.001 | ā0.006 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | WBC | <0.001 | 0.008 | <0.001 | 0.016 | <0.001 | HB | <0.001 | 0.016 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | AST | <0.001 | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.005 | 0.005 | Creatinine | <0.001 | 0.062 | 0.014 | 0.038 | 0.167 | HbA1c | <0.001 | 0.054 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
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