Evaluation of serum D-dimer, fibrinogen, and CA19-9 for postoperative monitoring and survival prediction in resectable pancreatic carcinoma

Table 1 Relationships between clinicopathological characteristics and preoperative plasma D-dimer, fibrinogen, and CA19-9 values in 119 PC patients

Variable	Total (n)	D-dimer (ng/ml)			Fibrinogen (g/l)			CA19-9 (U/ml)
Variable	Total (n)	≤500^a	>500	p value	≤4^a	>4	p value	≤37^a	>37	p value
Sex	119			0.809			0.709			0.323
Male	70	37	33		48	22		15	55
Female	49	27	22		32	17		7	42
Age (years)	119			0.580			0.352			0.071
≤60	66	34	32		42	24		16	50
>60	53	30	23		38	15		6	47
Tumor size	119			0.514			0.926			0.718
≤4 cm	94	52	42		63	31		18	76
>4 cm	25	12	13		17	8		4	21
TNM	119			0.116			0.512			0.564
I	32	21	11		23	9		7	25
II	87	43	44		57	30		15	72
Lymphatic metastasis	119			0.678			0.674			0.036
Negative	95	52	43		63	32		14	81
Positive	24	12	12		17	7		8	16
Tumor differentiation	119			0.266			0.256			0.842
1–2 grade	90	51	39		63	27		17	73
3 grade	29	13	16		17	12		5	24

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