Table 1.

Clinical Characteristic of Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Clinical Characteristics	N (%)	N (%)
Patients (n)	30	30	Controls (n)
Age			Age
≤50 years	14 (47%)	16 (53%)	≤50 years
>50 years	16 (53%)	14 (47%)	>50 years
Sex			Sex
Male	19 (63%)	18 (60%)	Male
Female	11 (37%)	12 (40%)	Female
Tumor Location
Proximal	16 (53%)
Distal	14 (47%)
Clinical Stage (TNM)
Early (I-II)	21 (70%)
Advanced (III-IV)	9 (30%)
Histopathological Type
Adenocarcinoma	22 (73%)
Other Types	8 (27%)
Histopathological grade
Well differentiated	2 (7%)
Moderately differentiated	26 (86%)
Poorly differentiated	2 (7%)

Colorectal cancer, RQ relative quantification *p<0.05, statistically significant difference