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. 2013 May 9;108(10):2153–2163. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.212

Table 1a. Clinical characteristics of colorectal cancer cases in the NSHDS cohort.

   
Quadruple Index
KRAS
BRAF
PIK3CA Exon20
PTEN
  Total Negative Positive P-value Wt Mutant P-value Wt Mutant P-value Wt Mutant P-value Normal Loss P-value
Frequency (%)
197
89 (51.7)
83 (48.3)
 
147 (82.1)
32 (17.9)
 
161 (82.1)
35 (17.9)
 
182 (97.8)
4 (2.2)
 
161 (87.5)
23 (12.5)
 
Age, n (%)
 
 
 
0.524
 
 
0.141
 
 
0.451
 
 
0.853
 
 
0.072
<59
57 (28.9)
24 (27.0)
24 (28.9)
 
36 (24.5)
13 (40.6)
 
49 (30.4)
8 (22.9)
 
53 (29.1)
1 (25.0)
 
50 (31.1)
4 (17.4)
 
60–69
111 (56.3)
50 (56.2)
50 (60.2)
 
90 (61.2)
14 (43.8)
 
87 (54.0)
23 (65.7)
 
102 (56.0)
2 (50.0)
 
86 (53.4)
18 (78.3)
 
70–79
29 (14.7)
15 (16.9)
9 (10.8)
 
21 (14.3)
5 (15.6)
 
25 (15.5)
4 (11.4)
 
27 (14.8)
1 (25.0)
 
25 (15.5)
1 (4.3)
 
>80



 


 


 


 


 
Sex, n (%)
 
 
 
0.319
 
 
0.276
 
 
0.258
 
 
0.191
 
 
0.339
Men
85 (43.1)
41 (46.1)
32 (38.6)
 
66 (44.9)
11 (34.4)
 
72 (44.7)
12 (34.3)
 
77 (42.3)
3 (75.0)
 
67 (41.6)
12 (52.2)
 
Women
112 (56.9)
48 (53.9)
51 (61.4)
 
81 (55.1)
21 (65.6)
 
89 (55.3)
23 (65.7)
 
105 (57.7)
1 (25.0)
 
94 (58.4)
11 (47.8)
 
Tumour site, n (%)
 
 
 
<0.001
 
 
0.033
 
 
<0.001
 
 
0.894
 
 
0.726
Right-sided colon
62 (31.5)
16 (18.0)
41 (49.4)
 
43 (29.3)
14 (43.8)
 
37 (23.0)
25 (71.4)
 
59 (32.4)
1 (25.0)
 
50 (31.1)
8 (34.8)
 
Left-sided colon
57 (28.9)
25 (28.1)
24 (28.9)
 
40 (27.2)
12 (37.5)
 
49 (30.4)
8 (22.9)
 
53 (29.1)
1 (25.0)
 
48 (29.8)
5 (21.7)
 
Rectum
78 (39.6)
48 (53.9)
18 (21.7)
 
64 (43.5)
6 (18.8)
 
75 (46.6)
2 (5.7)
 
70 (38.5)
2 (50.0)
 
63 (39.1)
10 (43.5)
 
Stage, n (%)
 
 
 
0.004
 
 
0.799
 
 
0.001
 
 
0.965
 
 
0.047
I
36 (18.4)
19 (21.3)
10 (12.0)
 
28 (19.0)
5 (15.6)
 
34 (21.3)
2 (5.7)
 
33 (18.1)
1 (25.0)
 
29 (18.1)
2 (8.7)
 
II
69 (35.2)
36 (40.4)
23 (27.7)
 
54 (36.7)
10 (31.3)
 
57 (35.6)
12 (34.3)
 
67 (36.8)
1 (25.0)
 
60 (37.5)
4 (17.4)
 
III
46 (23.5)
22 (24.7)
20 (24.1)
 
34 (23.1)
8 (25.0)
 
41 (25.6)
5 (14.3)
 
42 (23.1)
1 (25.0)
 
34 (21.3)
10 (43.5)
 
IV
45 (23.0)
12 (13.5)
30 (36.1)
 
31 (21.1)
9 (28.1)
 
28 (17.5)
16 (45.7)
 
40 (22.0)
1 (25.0)
 
37 (23.1)
7 (30.4)
 
Histology type, n (%)
 
 
 
0.567
 
 
0.526
 
 
0.134
 
 
0.329
 
 
0.846
Non-mucinous
158 (80.6)
71 (80.7)
64 (77.1)
 
116 (79.5)
27 (84.4)
 
132 (82.5)
25 (71.4)
 
146 (80.7)
4 (100.0)
 
128 (80.0)
18 (78.3)
 
Mucinous 38 (19.4) 17 (19.3) 19 (22.9)   30 (20.5) 5 (15.6)   28 (17.5) 10 (28.6)   35 (19.3) 0 (0.0)   32 (20.0) 5 (21.7)  

Abbreviations: NSHDS=Northern Sweden Health Disease Study; Wt=wild-type.

Following numbers of missing cases were present in NSHDS: Quadruple Index, 25; KRAS mutation status, 18; BRAF mutation status, 1; PIK3CA mutation status, 11; PTEN mutation status, 13; Stage, 1; Histology type, 1; Adjuvant chemotherapy, 11; Preoperative, 2. Kruskal–Wallis test was used for continuous variables, χ2-test or Fisher's exact test used for categorical variables.