Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients included in analyses of RFC4 expression evaluated by qPCR, Western and IHC

Characteristics	qPCR cases (n = 30 pairs)	Western cases (n = 16 pairs)	IHC cases (n = 49 pairs)
Age (years) Mean ± SD	57.8 ± 10.9	56.8 ± 11.2	64.0 ± 12.3
Sex
Female	6 (20.0%)	5 (31.2%)	16 (32.7%)
Male	24 (80.0%)	11 (68.8%)	33 (67.3%)
Tumor location
Colon	16 (53.3%)	9 (56.3%)	23 (46.9%)
Rectal	14 (46.7%)	7 (43.7%)	26 (53.1%)
Differentiation
Well	5 (16.7%)	2 (12.5%)	6 (12.2%)
Moderate	21 (70.0%)	12 (75.0%)	37 (75.6%)
Poorly	4 (13.3%)	2 (12.5%)	6 (12.2%)
TNM stage
I	3 (10.0%)	2 (12.5%)	6 (12.2%)
II	19 (63.3%)	9 (56.3%)	18 (36.8%)
III	8 (26.7%)	5 (31.2%)	22 (44.9%)
IV	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (6.1%)