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

Table 7 Comparison of serum tumor markers levels among different H. pylori infection status

H. pylori infection status	N	Tumor markers					P value
		CEA	P value	CA-19–9	P value	CA-72–4
		Mean ± SD	P value	Mean ± SD	P value	Mean ± SD
No infection	16	1.20 ± 0.680	<0.001*	13.62 ± 6.09	<0.001*	1.42 ± 0.98	<0.001*
Acute infection	27	1.44 ± 1.15		12.52 ± 7.33		1.74 ± 1.43
Chronic infection	76	2.64 ± 1.85		17.98 ± 11.39		3.25 ± 2.16
Active chronic infection	81	4.02 ± 2.34		26.44 ± 14.73		5.28 ± 2.49

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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