Table 1. Clinicopathological data for the time to recurrence data set.

	All tumours		DNA diploid		DNA non-diploid
Variables	n	%	n	%	n	%
Relapse	220	38.0	55	30.1	165	41.7
No relapse	359	62.0	128	69.9	231	58.3
MSI status
MSS	452	83.9	108	63.5	344	93.2
MSI	87	16.1	62	36.5	25	6.8
Age at surgery (years)
⩽72	289	49.9	92	50.3	197	49.7
>72	290	50.1	91	49.7	199	50.3
Gender
Male	289	49.9	75	41.0	214	54.0
Female	290	50.1	108	59.0	182	46.0
Stage
I	112	19.3	37	20.2	75	18.9
II	278	48.0	96	52.5	182	46.0
III	189	32.6	50	27.3	139	35.1
pT status
pT1	27	4.7	10	5.5	17	4.3
pT2	103	17.8	32	17.5	71	17.9
pT3	415	71.7	135	73.8	280	70.7
pT4	34	5.9	6	3.3	28	7.1
pN status
N0	389	67.3	133	72.7	256	64.8
N1	152	26.3	41	22.4	111	28.1
N2	37	6.4	9	4.9	28	7.1
Grade
H (well diff.)	58	10.0	19	10.4	39	9.8
M (moderately diff.)	453	78.2	127	69.4	326	82.3
L (poorly diff.)	63	10.9	34	18.6	29	7.3
Mucinous diff.	5	0.9	3	1.6	2	0.5
Location
Proximal colon	227	39.2	90	49.2	137	34.6
Distal colon	179	30.9	48	26.2	131	33.1
Rectum	173	29.9	45	24.6	128	32.3
Type of surgery
Elective	519	89.6	171	93.4	348	87.9
Acute	60	10.4	12	6.6	48	12.1

Abbreviations: diff.=differentiated; H=high; L=low; M=moderate.