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. 2013 Mar 18;4(1):1–10.

Table 5.

KRAS gene mutation for each tumor type, with or without mucin or MSI

Tumor Type Odds Ratio In Situ versus Cancer 95% Confi-dence Interval P-value Interaction effect

Adenomas* In situ cancer Cancer

Ki-ras No. Mutated No. Mutated No. Mutated
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total 134 83 (61.9) 84 57 (67.8) 171 54 (31.6) 4.6 2.6-8.0 <0.0001§
Mucinous status
  Non-mucinous - - 63 46 (73.0) 137 40 (29.2) 6.6 3.4-12.9 <0.0001§ 0.01
  Mucinous - - 21 11 (52.4) 31 14 (45.2) 1.3 0.4-4.1 0.6
Microsatellite status
  Microsatellite stable - - 73 52 (71.2) 141 50 (35.5) 4.5 2.4-8.3 <0.0001§ 0.4
  Microsatellite unstable - - 6 1 (16.7) 26 3 (11.5) 1.5 0.1-18.0 0.7
*

0Adenomas vs. Cancers: O.R. = 3.5, C.I. = 2.2 – 5.7 p = <0.0001.

5 in situ cancers not assayed for microsatellite instability.

3 cancers not assayed for mucin.

§

denotes statistical significance.