Table 2. Association of tumor deposits with different factors.

Characteristic	TD-positive (n = 54)		TD-negative (n = 256)		P
	No.	%	No.	%
Age					0.584
<55	29	53.7	127	49.6
≥55	25	46.2	129	50.4
Sex					0.985
Male	36	66.7	171	66.8
Female	18	33.3	85	33.2
CEA					0.022
≤5	22	40.7	147	57.4
>5	32	59.3	109	42.6
CA19-9					0.271
≤35	42	77.8	215	84.0
>35	12	22.2	41	16.0
Clinical T stage					0.278
T2	0	0	7	2.7
T3	20	37.0	111	43.4
T4	34	63.0	138	53.9
Clinical N stage					0.082
N0	9	16.7	74	28.9
N1	18	33.3	91	35.5
N2	27	50.0	91	35.5
ypT stage					<0.001
ypT0	4	7.4	75	29.3
ypT1	0	0	12	4.7
ypT2	8	14.8	46	18.0
ypT3	33	61.1	107	41.8
ypT4	9	16.7	16	6.3
AJCC-TRG					<0.001
TRG-0	2	3.7	73	28.5
TRG-1	17	31.5	50	19.5
TRG-2	29	53.7	114	44.5
TRG-3	6	11.1	19	7.4

Note: TRG=tumor regression grade.