Table 2.

Association between FOXC2 expression and clinicopathological factors in colon cancers (n=185)

Variable	n	FOXC2 Expression		χ2 Value	P value
		Negative/Low	High
Gender				0.001	0.974
Male	82	40	42
Female	103	50	53
Age				1.082	0.292
≤60	61	33	28
>60	124	57	67
T category				11.096	0.011a
T1	7	7	0
T2	23	14	9
T3	73	36	37
T4	82	33	49
LNM				12.622	<0.001
Negative	107	64	43
Positive	78	26	52
AJCC stage				12.524	<0.001
I/II	105	63	42
III	80	27	53
Pathological grading				1.182	0.277
High/Moderate	166	83	83
Poor/undifferentiation	19	7	12
Lymphovascular invasion				4.346	0.037
Negative	174	88	86
Positive	11	2	9
Ki67				12.265	<0.001
Negative	52	36	16
Positive	133	54	79

^aFisher’s exact test.