Relationship between plasma D-dimer levels and clinicopathologic parameters in resectable colorectal cancer patients

Table 1 Relationship between plasma D-dimer levels (mean ± SD) and clinicopathology variables

Course (d) Clinicopathology				n	D-dimer (mg/L)
Preoperation				35	1.06 ± 0.24b
		Location	Colon	14	1.11 ± 0.16
			Rectum	21	1.03 ± 0.25
		Differentiation	Well	13	1.01 ± 0.28
			Moderate	16	1.02 ± 0.31
			Poor	6	1.08 ± 0.14
		Lymph node	Negative	15	0.94 ± 0.26
		Metastasis	Positive	20	1.15 ± 0.12a
		Dukes stage	A + B	15	0.94 ± 0.26
			C	15	1.12 ± 0.11c
			D	5	1.29 ± 0.11d
	1			35	1.22 ± 0.55b
Postoperation	3			35	0.82 ± 0.49be
	7			30	0.67 ± 0.41bf
	14			17	0.46 ± 0.17f
Control				30	0.33 ± 0.12

^bP < 0.01 vs control;

^aP < 0.05 vs negative;

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs Dukes A + B;

^eP < 0.05,

^fP < 0.01 vs preoperation.