Table 1.

Associations of MEX3A expression with clinical parameters in 219 CRC patients

Characteristic	No.	MEX3A expression		P value
		Low (N = 110)	High (N = 109)
Age (year)		59.9 ± 14.0	58.7 ± 13.1	0.091
≤ 60y	102	45	57
> 60y	117	65	52
Gender				0.018
Male	122	70	52
Female	97	40	57
Tumor location				0.553
Right hemicolon	115	56	59
Left hemicolon	104	54	50
Differentiation				0.001
Well + Moderate	151	88	63
Poor	68	22	46
Depth of invasion				0.048
T1	2	2	0
T2	24	15	9
T3	136	72	64
T4	57	21	36
Lymph node metastasis				0.003
N0	147	85	62
N1	52	20	32
N2	20	5	15
Distant metastasis				0.005
M0	179	98	81
M1	40	12	28
TNM stage				0.000
I	21	16	5
II	109	65	44
III	49	17	32
IV	40	12	28
CEA level (µg/L)				0.952
≤ 5	123	62	61
> 5	96	48	48
CA19-9 level (U/ml)				0.133
≤ 35	155	83	72
> 35	38	17	25
Vessel or nerve invasion				0.001
Yes	41	11	30
No	177	110	109
Chemotherapy or not				0.156
Yes	115	63	52
No	104	47	57