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. 2015 Apr 13;10(4):e0122678. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122678

Table 2. Association between the protein levels of PAR4 and TFF2 with clinic-pathological data of colorectal cancer.

PAR4(TFF2) protein level
Total Increased Not increased
n = 66 n = 57(46) n = 9(20) p
No. No. % No. %
Gender
Male 35 31(26) 89(74) 4(9) 11(26) 0.724(0.389)
Female 31 26(20) 84(65) 5(11) 16(35)
Age (year)
<60 27 24(18) 89(67) 3(9) 11(33) 0.727(0.656)
≥60 39 33(28) 85(72) 6(11) 15(28)
Hematogeneous metastasis
Negative 57 48(40) 84(70) 9(17) 16(30) 0.341(1.000)
Positive 9 9(6) 100(67) 0(3) 0(33)
TNM stage
T1 + T2 12 9(9) 75(75) 3(3) 25(25) 0.347(0.743)
T3 + T4 54 48(37) 89(69) 6(17) 11(31)
Lymph node metastasis
Negative 29 26(18) 90(62) 3(11) 10(38) 0.0.720(0.233)
Positive 37 31(28) 84(76) 6(9) 16(24)
Differentiation
Poor 14 9(6) 64(43) 5(8) 36(57) 0.017(0.022)
Well and moderated 52 48(40) 90(77) 4(12) 10(23)
Tumor size
≤3cm 9 8(6) 89(67) 1(3) 11(33) 0.341(1.000)
>3cm 57 49(40) 86(70) 8(17) 14(30)