Decision making for pancreatic resection in patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms

Table 2 Univariate predictors of malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms

Factors	Benign	Malignant	t/χ2	P value
	(n = 16)	(n = 38)
Gender
Male	10	26
Female	6	12	0.18	0.67
Age (yr)	61.75 ± 7.22	61.29 ± 8.72	-0.18	0.85
Lumbodorsal pain
Yes	0	3
No	10	31	1.50	0.22
Jaundice
Yes	0	19
No	16	19	12.34	< 0.01
Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)
≤ 6.0	14	12
> 6.0	2	26	14.10	< 0.01
ALP (U/L)
≤ 115	13	12
> 115	3	26	9.26	0.02
γ-GT (U/L)
≤ 50	13	10
> 50	3	28	13.80	< 0.01
CA19-9 (U/mL)
≤ 37	14	8
> 37	2	30	20.59	< 0.01
CEA (ng/mL)
≤ 5	15	33
> 5	1	5	0.54	0.65

ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; CEA: Carcinoembryonic antigen; CA19-9: Carbohydrate antigen 19-9.