Table 1.

 Relationships between TAGLN2 expression and clinicopathological factors in CRC

Characteristics	n	TAGLN2 expression (score)			P‐values
		Low (0–2)	Moderate (3–4)	High (5–6)
Age at presentation
>65 years	63	23	20	20	0.297
≤65 years	57	25	11	21
Sex
Male	74	28	21	25	0.698
Female	46	20	10	16
Site of tumor
Colon	75	34	18	23	0.301
Rectum	45	14	13	18
Size of tumor
>5 cm	35	14	8	13	0.862
≤5 cm	85	34	23	28
Histologic grade†
Well + Mod	99	43	28	28	0.067
Poor	21	5	3	13
Tumor status
T1 + T2	19	11	6	2	0.055
T3 + T4	101	37	25	39
LN metastasis
N0	57	45	6	6	0.000*
N1 + N2	63	3	25	35
Distant metastasis
M0	98	47	28	23	0.000*
M1	22	1	3	18
TNM stage
I + II	54	44	5	5	0.000*
III + IV	66	4	26	36

*P < 0.05 by χ²‐test. †Histologic grade: well, well differentiated; mod, moderately differentiated; poor, poorly differentiated. CRC, colorectal carcinoma; LN, lymph node; TAGLN2, transgelin‐2.