Retinol-binding protein, acute phase reactants and Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma

Table 1 Characteristics of studied populations and demographic data

Group	Numberofsubjects	Sex (M/F)	Mean age(yr)	Tumorlocation(antrum/body)
Gastric cancer	153	93/60	63.1	125/28
Infected	82	46/36	64.2	64/18
Non-infected	71	42/29	62.4	56/15
Healthy controls	19	10/9	62.2

M, male; F, female.

Table 2 Mean levels of TRF, A2M, AAG, CER, RBP, P-ALB, and CRP in cancer patients and controls

Parameter (mg/dL)	Cancer patients (n = 153)	Controls (n = 19)	P
TRF	265,43	274,95	NS
A2M	263,25	233,11	NS
AAG	245,48	94,79b	<0.001
CER	53,26	41,74b	<0.001
RBP	23,78	3,77b	<0.001
P-ALB	23,04	17,74	NS
CRP	9,32	2,92b	<0.001

^bP<0.001 vs controls, NS: not significant.

Table 3 Mean levels of TRF, A2M, AAG, CER, RBP, P-ALB, and CRP between infected and non-infected cancer patients

Parameter (mg/dL)	Non-infected (n = 71)	Infected (n = 82)	P
TRF	276.46	255.88	NS
A2M	281.49	247.46	NS
AAG	238.21	251.77	NS
CER	52.03	54.32	NS
RBP	31.89	16.75b	<0.001
P-ALB	22.35	23.64	NS
CRP	7.99	10.47	NS

^bP<0.001 vs infected, NS: not significant.