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Table 2.

CD44v6 content in surrounding mucosa and tumor from 105 resectable colorectal carcinomas: correlation with clinicopathological parameters (n.s. not significant)

Patients and tumors characteristics	No.	CD44v6 surrounding mucosa content^a				CD44v6 tumor content^b
		(ng/mg prot)				(ng/mg prot)
		Median	Mean	Range	P	Median	Mean	Range	P
Total	105	5.0	10.4	5.0–230.0		19.5	37.2	2.2–562.9
Age (years)					n.s.				n.s.
≤65	23	5.0	15.6	5.0–230.0		13.9	29.2	4.6–137.0
>65	82	5.0	8.5	5.0–134.7		22.4	39.5	2.2–562.9
Sex
Female	65	5.0	8.3	5.0–230.0		14.2	34.1	2.2–562.9
Male	40	5.0	12.8	5.0–134.7		24.6	42.3	5.0–196.8
Tumor location					n.s.				n.s.
Right colon	38	5.0	7.6	5.0–230.0		12.7	23.8	2.2–137.0
Left colon	35	5.0	8.7	5.0–134.7		15.0	41.4	5.0–562.9
Rectum	32	5.0	14.6	5.0–230.0		29.2	47.7	5.00–196.8
Histological grade					n.s.				n.s.
Well diff.	26	5.0	7.6	5.0–72.8		23.2	54.1	5.0–562.9
Mod. diff.	72	5.0	11.2	5.0–230.0		14.6	30.8	4.6–196.8
Poorly diff.	7	5.0	7.8	5.0–24.6		19.5	40.3	2.2–173.3
Dukes stage					n.s.				n.s.
A	14	5.0	5.0	5.0–5.0		16.4	33.2	5.0–134.0
B	56	5.0	12.9	5.0–230.0		23.9	44.9	5.0–562.9
C	28	5.0	7.4	5.0–72.8		6.9	26.7	2.2–173.3
D	7	5.0	7.8	5.0–24.6		27.8	25.8	5.0–51.8
DNA ploidy status					n.s.				n.s.
Diploid	35	5.0	9.1	5.0–134.7		21.1	41.1	2.2–562.9
Aneuploid	35	5.0	11.9	5.0–230.0		14.9	29.5	5.0–133.3
Unknown	35
S-phase fraction					n.s.				n.s.
Low (≤14%)	38	5.0	7.6	5.0–72.8		18.9	40.9	2.2–562.9
High (>14%)	37	5.0	14.6	5.0–230.0		22.2	30.4	5.0–133.3
Unknown	30

^aMedian value of CD44v6 content in surrounding mucosa

^bMedian value of tumor CD44v6 content