15 August 2020 : Clinical Research
Extracellular Vesicle-Transported Long Non-Coding RNA (LncRNA) X Inactive-Specific Transcript (XIST) in Serum is a Potential Novel Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
Jinfeng Yu1ABE, Weiwei Dong2FG, Jianxiao Liang3CD*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924448
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924448
Table 2 Clinical baseline characteristics of CRC patients.
| Healthy participants | CRC patients | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 54.70±10.83 | 59.22±9.64 | 0.48 |
| Gender | 0.20 | ||
| Male | 27 | 54 | |
| Female | 14 | 40 | |
| BMI (kg/m) | 23.65±3.36 | 21.86±2.88 | 0.22 |
| CRC – colorectal cancer; BMI – body mass index. | |||