Table 1. Correlation between ZFX expression and CRC clinicopathological characteristics.

Characteristics	Total	ZFX expression		P value
		Low	High
Gender
Male	171	55	116	1.000
Female	119	38	81
Age
≤ 60	126	41	85	0.900
> 60	164	52	112
Tumor location
Colon	135	45	90	0.706
Rectal	155	48	107
Tumor differentiation
Well/moderate	192	72	120	0.005
Poor	98	21	77
Tumor size
≤ 5 cm	167	55	112	0.799
> 5 cm	123	38	85
TNM stage
II	166	65	101	0.003
III	124	28	96