TABLE 1.
Correlation between CNN1 and clinicopathologic characteristics.
Clinicopathologic characteristics | n | CNN1 expression | p-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | ||||
Sex | Male | 34 | 19 | 15 | 0.423 |
Female | 16 | 7 | 9 | ||
Age (years) | <60 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.814 |
≥60 | 41 | 21 | 20 | ||
Histological type | Adenocarcinoma | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0.680 |
Mucoid adenocarcinoma | 16 | 9 | 7 | ||
Depth of tumor invasion | T1 and T2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0.013 |
T3 and T4 | 38 | 16 | 22 | ||
Degree of differentiation | High and moderately differentiated | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0.355 |
Poorly differentiated | 30 | 14 | 16 | ||
Tumor size | <5 cm | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0.266 |
≥5 cm | 23 | 10 | 13 | ||
TNM staging | Ⅰ and Ⅱ stage | 30 | 28 | 8 | <0.001 |
Ⅲ and Ⅳ stage | 20 | 4 | 16 | ||
Lymph node metastasis | Without | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0.002 |
With | 18 | 4 | 14 | ||
CEA | <5 ng/ml | 35 | 20 | 15 | 0.266 |
≥5 ng/ml | 15 | 6 | 9 | ||
CA 19-9 | <37 U/ml | 44 | 29 | 19 | 0.065 |
≥37 U/ml | 6 | 1 | 5 |