Table 1.
Correlations of TRPS1 expression with the clinicopathological features of colon cancer.
| Clinicopathological features |
No. of cases (%) | TRPS1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High (%) | Low (%) | P | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| <60 | 41 (41.0) | 23 (56.1) | 18 (43.9) | NS |
| ≥60 | 59 (59.0) | 33 (55.9) | 26 (44.1) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 52 (52.0) | 32 (61.5) | 20 (38.5) | NS |
| Male | 48 (48.0) | 24 (50.0) | 24 (50.0) | |
| Tumor size (cm) | ||||
| ≤5 | 65 (65.0) | 39 (60.0) | 26 (40.0) | NS |
| >5 | 35 (35.0) | 17 (48.6) | 18 (51.4) | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| Negative | 46 (46.0) | 12 (26.1) | 34 (73.9) | 0.006 |
| Positive | 54 (54.0) | 44 (81.5) | 10 (18.5) | |
| Pathological stage | ||||
| I | 33 (33.0) | 2 (25.5) | 31 (74.5) | 0.008 |
| II | 51 (51.0) | 38 (74.5) | 13 (25.5) | |
| III | 16 (16.0) | 16 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Differentiation | ||||
| Well | 16 (16.0) | 9 (56.3) | 7 (43.7) | NS |
| Moderately | 52 (52.0) | 27 (51.9) | 25 (48.1) | |
| Poorly | 32 (32.0) | 20 (62.5) | 12 (37.5) | |
Note: “NS” refers to the differences without statistical significance.