Table I.

Characteristics of 339 patients with colorectal cancer (mean age, 59.10±0.74 years).

Variables	Frequency, n (%)
Gender
Male	184 (54.3%)
Female	155 (45.7%)
TNM stage
I	51 (15.0%)
II	142 (41.9%)
III	118 (34.8%)
IV	28 (8.3%)
Tumor location
Colon	167 (49.3%)
Rectum	172 (50.7%)
ULK1 expression levels
Low	68 (20.1%)
High	271 (79.9%)

TNM, tumor node metastasis; ULK1, unc-51-like kinase 1.