Proteomic profiling of urine for the detection of colon cancer

Table 1 Patient Information.

	No. Subjects	Mean age (SD)	Mean [protein] (μg/ml) (SD)	Male/Female	Stage (Early/Late)
Non-cancer controls	72	66.3 (11.5)	90 (66)	36/36	na
Colorectal cancer patients	67	74.2 (9.0)	108 (79)	45/22	40/27

Table 1 shows the number of individuals in each group, their gender and the mean age and urine protein concentration and cancer stage (early = Dukes' A & B, late = Dukes' C & D). Patients whose urine was <20 μg protein per ml (14 individuals) or >500 μg protein per ml (5 individuals) have been excluded.

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