Table 4.

Assessment of associations between proteins plasma membrane expression and clinical data in CRC primary tumours

	MCT1			MCT4			CD147			GLUT1
	n	Positive (%)	p	n	Positive (%)	p	n	Positive (%)	p	n	Positive (%)	p
Sex
Male	314	92.7	0.934	302	57.3	0.801	312	31.4	0.391	294	28.6	0.969
Female	186	92.5		180	56.1		182	35.2		169	28.4
Age (years)
≤45	23	78.3	0.007	21	47.6	0.383	23	21.7	0.247	23	26.1	0.792
>45	477	93.3		461	57.3		471	33.3		440	28.6
Presentation
Asymptomatic	87	93.1	0.844	84	48.8	0.102	87	36.8	0.383	83	28.9	0.928
Symptomatic	413	92.5		398	58.5		407	31.9		380	28.4
Localization
Colon	360	92.5	0,891	351	59.3	0.080	359	33.4	0.625	338	29.3	0.541
Rectum	140	92.9		131	50.4		135	31.1		125	26.4
Macroscopic Appearence
Polypoid	254	92.9	0.492	247	54.7	0.245	249	33.3	0.798	239	23.8	0.023
Ulcerative	116	91.4		115	54.8		118	32.3		111	29.7
Infiltrative	42	85.7		40	62.5		40	27.5		35	25.7
Exophytic	42	95.2		37	70.3		41	29.3		34	50.0
Vilosous	2	100		2	100		2	0.0		2	0.0
CEA (ng/mL)
<5	122	90.2	0.568	115	60.0	0.665	118	33.1	0.455	111	36.9	0.05
≥5	272	91.9		269	57.6		270	29.3		256	22.7