The clinical significance of some serum tumor markers among chronic patients with Helicobacter pylori infections in Ibb Governorate, Yemen

Table 2 Serum levels of some tumor markers among patients with H. pylori infections

Tumor markers	Mean ± SD	Normal (Within the normal range)		Abnormal (Out of the normal range)
Tumor markers	Mean ± SD	Frequency	Percent%	Frequency	Percent%
CEA Normal range <5 ng/ml	2.92 ± 2.18	158	79	42	21
CA 19-9 Normal range <37 ng/ml	20.32 ± 14.43	170	85	30	15
CA 72-4 Normal range <6.9 ng/ml	3.72 ± 2.57	169	84.5	31	15.5

Data represented as mean ± SD, frequency percent%, CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen, CA19-9: cancer antigen 19-9 and CA72-4: cancer antigen 72-4

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