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. 2014 Feb 15;7(3):1101–1107.

Table 1.

Correlation between LMTK3 expression and patients’clinical characteristics

Clinicopathological features Cases LMTK3 expression X2 P

High, n (%) Low, n (%)
Sex 1.033 0.309
    Male 39 23 (59.0) 16 (41.0)
    Female 30 14 (46.7) 16 (53.3)
Age (years) 0.198 0.657
    ≥60 30 17 (56.7) 13 (43.3)
    <60 39 20 (51.3) 19 (48.7)
Tumor location 1.331 0.249
    Colon 38 18 (47.4) 20 (52.6)
    Rectum 31 19 (61.3) 12 (38.7)
Histological differentiation 0.278 0.598
    Well, moderate 43 22 (51.2) 21 (48.8)
    Poor, mucinous 26 15 (57.7) 11 (42.3)
Tumor size 2.339 0.126
    <5 cm 32 14 (43.8) 18 (56.2)
    ≥5 cm 37 23 (62.2) 14 (37.8)
Depth of tumor invasion 1.430 0.232
    T1, 2 15 6 (40.0) 9 (60.0)
    T3, 4 54 31 (57.4) 23 (42.6)
Lymph node metastasis 9.108 0.003
    Negative 43 17 (39.5) 26 (60.5)
    Positive 26 20 (76.9) 6 (23.1)
Stage 7.103 0.008
    I+II 40 16 (40.0) 24 (60.0)
    III+IV 29 21 (72.4) 8 (27.6)