Table 4.

Relationships between the expression of DcR3 in colorectal cancer tissues and clinicopathological factors

	nTotal	nNegative	nPositive	Positive rate (%)	χ2	P
Age
≤60	69	23	46	66.67	0.0112	0.916
>60	31	10	21	67.74
Sexuality
Female	62	20	42	67.74	0.0406	0.841
Male	38	13	25	65.79
Tumor size (cm)
≤5	44	14	30	68.18	0.0496	0.824
>5	56	19	37	66.07
Tissue type
Tubular gland	57	19	38	66.67	0.0302	0.985
Papillary adenocarcinoma	29	10	19	65.52
Mucous gland	14	4	10	71.43
Differentiated degree
Well-differentiated	33	19	14	42.42	16.4540	<0.01
Moderately differentiated	42	12	30	71.43
Poorly differentiated	25	2	23	92.0
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	54	11	43	79.63	8.4690	<0.01
No	46	22	24	52.17
Duke’s stage
A+B	43	23	20	46.51	14.3230	<0.01
C+D	57	10	47	82.46