Clinical significance of peripheral blood UL16 and DR-70 for the early diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of colorectal cancer

Table 1 Comparison of serum UL16-binding protein 2 and DR-70 levels among the colorectal cancer, benign, and control groups, mean ± SD

Group	ULBP2 (ng/L)	DR-70 (μg/mL)
CRC (n = 60)	84.28 ± 13.52a	1.28 ± 0.41a
Benign (n = 50)	68.04 ± 8.89	0.48 ± 0.15
Control (n = 50)	66.93 ± 9.15	0.46 ± 0.14
F value	44.392	161.273
P value	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 compared with the control and benign groups.

ULBP2: UL16-binding protein 2; CRC: Colorectal cancer.