Table 3 Average LPC concentrations classified by sex and tumour diagnosis with calculation of statistically significant differences between means
subgroup | n | average LPC conc. (μM) | standard deviation (μM) | range (μM) | significant difference* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sex | male | 26 | 202 | 53 | 89–305 | no |
female | 33 | 212 | 64 | 109–362 | no | |
cancer type | breast | 17 | 205 | 60 | 128–239 | |
prostate | 6 | 198 | 47 | 122–249 | ||
lung | 5 | 177 | 38 | 118–214 | no | |
lymphoma | 8 | 227 | 80 | 98–356 | ||
gastrointestinal | 12 | 194 | 53 | 89–270 | ||
other2 | 11 | 232 | 60 | 135–362 |