Lipid levels in serum and cancerous tissues of colorectal cancer patients

Table 4 Lipid levels in serum and cancerous tissues of patients with and without lymph node metastasis

Group	Case (n)	TCH	FCH	TG	HDL-C	LDL-C
Tissue (μmol/g)
With lymph node metastasis	74	18.4 ± 3.4	16.0 ± 13.4	14.9 ± 10.3	8.9 ± 3.8	4.5 ± 3.4
Without lymph node metastasis	78	17.5 ± 4.1	15.1 ± 11.6	17.7 ± 12.2	7.0 ± 4.9	4.2 ± 2.9
P		< 0.051	> 0.05	< 0.011	< 0.051	> 0.05
Serum (mmol/L)
With lymph node metastasis	127	3.2 ± 0.9	1.5 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 1.1	1.0 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.8
Without lymph node metastasis	133	4.9 ± 1.0	1.4 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 0.4	3.0 ± 0.7
P		< 0.012	< 0.052	> 0.05	< 0.012	> 0.05

¹Indicates the comparison between lipid levels in cancerous tissue of patients with and without lymph node metastasis;

²Indicates the comparison between lipid levels in serum of patients with and without lymph node metastasis. FCH: Free cholesterol; HDL-C: High density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C: Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TCH: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride.