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. 2013 May 7;108(10):1978–1984. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.232

Table 1. Patient characteristics and mucinous histology.

   
 
 
 
P-values
  Total (N=521) NMA (N=453) AIM (N=41) MAC (N=27) AIM vs NMA MAC vs NMA AIM vs MAC
Age
Median (range) 60 (25–81) 60 (35–76) 62 (25–81) 56 (30–81)      
⩾65 years
155 (29.8%)
128 (28.3%)
19 (46.3%)
8 (29.6%)
0.015
0.88
0.17
Sex
Male 312 (59.9%) 283 (62.5%) 13 (31.7%) 16 (59.3%) <0.001 0.74 0.025
Female
209 (40.1%)
170 (37.5%)
28 (68.3%)
11 (40.7%)
 
 
 
Location
Proximal 181 (34.7%) 140 (30.9%) 25 (61.0%) 16 (59.3%) <0.001 0.002 0.89
Distal
340 (65.3%)
313 (69.1%)
16 (39.0%)
11 (40.7%)
 
 
 
Stage
II 78 (15.0%) 67 (14.8%) 7 (17.1%) 4 (14.8%) 0.70 1.0 1.0
III
443 (85.0%)
386 (85.2%)
34 (82.9%)
23 (85.2%)
 
 
 
T stage
T1–3 445 (85.4%) 394 (87.0%) 35 (85.4%) 16 (59.3%) 0.77 <0.001 0.015
T4
76 (14.6%)
59 (13.0%)
6 (14.6%)
11 (40.7%)
 
 
 
N stage
N0–1 378 (72.6%) 332 (73.3%) 29 (70.7%) 17 (63.0%) 0.72 0.24 0.50
N2
143 (27.4%)
121 (26.7%)
12 (29.3%)
10 (37.0%)
 
 
 
Angiolymphatic invasion
Present 223 (42.8%) 205 (45.3%) 12 (29.3%) 6 (22.2%) 0.048 0.019 0.52
Absent
298 (57.2%)
248 (54.7%)
29 (70.7%)
21 (77.8%)
 
 
 
Venous invasion
Present 57 (10.9%) 54 (11.9%) 1 (2.4%) 2 (7.4%) 0.070 0.76 0.56
Absent
464 (89.1%)
399 (88.1%)
40 (97.6%)
25 (92.6%)
 
 
 
Perineural invasion
Present 120 (23.0%) 112 (24.7%) 5 (12.2%) 3 (11.1%) 0.084 0.16 1.00
Absent
401 (77.0%)
341 (75.3%)
36 (87.8%)
24 (88.9%)
 
 
 
Microsatellite status
MSS+MSI-L 483 (93.2%) 425 (94.4%) 35 (85.4%) 23 (85.2%) 0.022 0.073 1.00
MSI-H 35 (6.8%) 25 (5.6%) 6 (14.6%) 4 (14.8%)      

Abbreviations: AIM=adenocarcinoma with intermediate mucinous component; MAC=mucinous adenocarcinoma; MSI-H=high microsatellite instability; MSI-L=low microsatellite instability; MSS=microsatellite stable; NMA=non-mucinous adenocarcinoma.