Table 1.
Basic demographic and clinical characteristics of cases and controls
|
Variable
|
Colorectal cancer patients
|
Health controls
|
P value
|
| Gender | 0.30 | ||
| Male | 34 (62.96) | 27 (52.94) | |
| Female | 20 (37.04) | 24 (47.06) | |
| Age | 0.00 | ||
| mean ± SD | 64.89 ± 9.72 | 53.94 ± 10.33 | |
| < 60 yr | 18 (33.33) | 35 (68.63) | |
| ≥ 60 yr | 36 (66.67) | 16 (31.37) | |
| Education level | 0.00 | ||
| Junior high school and below | 43 (79.63) | 10 (19.61) | |
| Senior high school and above | 11 (20.37) | 41 (80.39) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0.00 | ||
| ≤ 18.5 | 4 (7.41) | 0 (0.00) | |
| 18.5-23.9 | 37 (68.52) | 24 (47.06) | |
| ≥ 24 | 13 (24.07) | 27 (52.94) | |
| Tumor location | |||
| Colon | 36 (66.67) | - | - |
| Rectum | 18 (33.33) | - | - |
| Pathogenic type | - | - | |
| Protrude type | 10 (18.52) | - | - |
| Infiltrating type | 11 (20.37) | - | - |
| Ulcerative type | 33 (61.11) | - | - |
| Differentiation | - | - | |
| High | 4 (7.41) | - | - |
| Medium/low | 50 (92.59) | - | - |
| Histological type | - | - | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 54 (100.00) | - | - |
| Other types | 0 (0.00) | - | - |
| Dukes stage | - | - | |
| A | 43 (79.63) | - | - |
| B | 7 (12.96) | - | - |
| C | 4 (7.41) | - | - |
| D | 0 (0.0) | - | - |
BMI: Body mass index.