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Table 8 Comparison of serum tumor markers levels among different H. pylori infection duration

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

H. pylori infection duration

N

Tumor markers

CEA

P value

CA199

P value

CA724

P value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

1 month

51

2.18 ± 2.12

0.001*

16.14 ± 12.19

<0.001*

2.70 ± 2.36

<0.001*

6 months

41

2.85 ± 2.05

 

17.55 ± 13.66

 

3.44 ± 2.45

 

1–3 years

63

2.81 ± 2.08

 

20.83 ± 12.56

 

3.92 ± 2.34

 

˃ 3 years

45

3.99 ± 2.16

 

26.86 ± 13.52

 

4.85 ± 2.80

 
  1. Data represented by one-way ANOVA, CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen, CA19-9: cancer antigen 19-9 and CA72-4: cancer antigen 72-4, *P < 0.05 considered significant
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Infectious Agents and Cancer

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