Table 1. Analysis of the correlations between nuclear, cytoplasmic, and overall MTA1 with the clinicopathological parameters of colon cancer.

	Total	Nuclear Intensity				Mean rank	P value	Cytoplasmic Intensity				Mean rank	P value	Overall Intensity				Mean rank	P value
		0	1	2	3			0	1	2	3			0	1	2	3
Age, years
≤60	153	10	58	71	14	136.83	0.537	8	73	50	22	138.37	0.302	9	63	60	21	139.62	0.178
>60	115	10	43	55	7	131.40		5	60	44	6	129.36		8	53	46	8	127.69
Differen tiation
Well	28	8	16	4	0	69.93	0.000	3	15	5	5	123.61	0.527	3	12	7	6	134.38	0.506
Moderate	190	11	68	99	12	138.45		7	93	70	20	137.49		12	76	84	18	137.28
Poor	50	1	17	23	9	155.66		3	25	19	3	129.22		2	28	15	5	123.99
Clinical stage
I	22	9	13	0	0	46.25	0.000	5	15	2	0	73.73	0.000	10	10	2	0	55.36	0.000
II	218	11	77	111	19	142.04		8	101	81	28	141.91		7	85	97	29	146.50
III	21	0	6	13	2	159.07		0	13	8	0	123.24		0	16	5	0	101.93
IV	7	0	5	2	0	103.43		0	4	3	0	128.64		0	5	2	0	107.21
Tumor status
T1	4	1	3	0	0	55.88	0.000	1	3	0	0	61.75	0.003	2	2	0	0	42.25	0.000
T2	20	8	10	2	0	58.15		4	12	4	0	88.10		8	8	4	0	71.10
T3	156	8	60	74	14	138.52		8	71	54	23	141.27		6	60	68	22	146.50
T4	88	3	28	50	7	148.30		0	47	36	5	136.35		1	46	34	7	131.83
Metastasis
N0M0	191	18	80	82	11	124.80	0.000	12	102	68	9	124.04	0.000	16	83	81	11	127.28	0.009
N1-N2,NOM1	77	2	21	44	10	158.57		1	31	26	19	160.44		1	33	25	18	152.40
Total	268	20	101	126	21			13	133	94	28			17	116	106	29
Mann-Whitney U test for age and metastasis analysis
Kruskal-Wallis H (K) test for differentiation, clinical stage and tumor status analysis