Table 3. Clinicopathological data and associations with DNA ploidy data.
| All cases | FCM-DNA diploid | FCM-DNA non-diploid | Pearson's χ2 | ICM-DNA diploid | ICM-DNA non-diploid | Pearson's χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=221 (%) | n=43 (%) | n=178 (%) | P-value | n=49 (%) | n=172 (%) | P-value | |
| Tumour type | |||||||
| Intestinal | 147 (67) | 28 (19) | 119 (81) | 0.45 | 32 (22) | 115 (78) | 0.08 |
| Diffuse | 44 (20) | 11 (25) | 33 (75) | 14 (32) | 30 (68) | ||
| Mixed | 30 (14) | 4 (13) | 26 (87) | 3 (10) | 27 (90) | ||
| pT status | |||||||
| pT1 | 14 (6.3%) | 4 (29) | 10 (71) | 0.72 | 3 (21) | 11 (79) | 0.99 |
| pT2 | 86 (38.9%) | 16 (19) | 70 (81) | 19 (22) | 67 (78) | ||
| pT3 | 110 (49.8%) | 20 (18) | 90 (82) | 25 (23) | 85 (77) | ||
| pT4 | 11 (5.0%) | 3 (27) | 8 (73) | 2 (18) | 9 (82) | ||
| pN status | |||||||
| pN0 | 67 (30.3%) | 18 (27) | 49 (73) | 0.009 | 17 (25) | 50 (75) | 0.28 |
| pN1 | 96 (43.4%) | 22 (23) | 74 (77) | 24 (25) | 72 (75) | ||
| pN2 | 44 (19.9%) | 1 (2) | 43 (98) | 5 (11) | 39 (89) | ||
| pN3 | 14 (6.3%) | 2 (14) | 12 (86) | 3 (21) | 11 (79) | ||
| Clinical stage | |||||||
| I | 9 (4.1%) | 8 (18) | 37 (82) | 0.11 | 7 (16) | 38 (84) | 0.23 |
| II | 52 (23.5%) | 14 (27) | 38 (73) | 15 (29) | 37 (71) | ||
| III | 53 (24.0%) | 10 (12) | 75 (88) | 13 (15) | 72 (85) | ||
| IV | 27 (12.2%) | 3 (11) | 24 (89) | 5 (19) | 22 (82) | ||
| Missing | 12 (5.4%) | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | ||
Abbreviations: FCM-DNA, DNA ploidy status measured using flow cytometry; ICM-DNA, DNA ploidy status measured using image cytometry.
Significant associations in bold.