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. 2016 Sep 16;6:33366. doi: 10.1038/srep33366

Table 2. Relationship between THBS2 protein expression and clinicopathologic characteristic of CRC patients.

Characteristic Number* Cases of death (%) Pa value HR (95% CI) Expression of THBS2
Pb value
G0-1 G2 G3
Age (yr)     0.256 1.513(0.741–3.091)       0.014
 ≤60 40 11(27.5%)     19 18 3  
 >60 60 24(40.0%)     22 16 22  
Gender     0.317 1.403(0.723–2.722)       0.976
 Male 57 18(31.6%)     23 20 14  
 Female 43 17(39.5%)     18 14 11  
Site     0.249 0.646(0.307–1.358)       0.497
 Colon 59 23(40.0%)     25 16 18  
 Rectum 39 10(25.6%)     15 18 6  
Size (cm)     0.997 1.001(0.498–2.013)       0.806
 ≤5 53 18(34.0%)     23 16 14  
 >5 39 14(35.9%)     14 16 9  
Histological type     0.417 1.393(0.6250–3.102)       0.907
 Tubular adenocarcinoma 77 24(31.2%)     33 25 19  
 Others 19 8(42.1%)     7 8 4  
General type     0.979 0.990(0.489–2.006)       0.424
 Ulcerated 56 19(33.9%)     23 16 17  
 Others 37 13(35.1)     15 16 6  
Differentiation     0.001 3.158(1.610–6.195)       0.389
 Well/moderate 75 20(26.7%)     31 28 16  
 Poor/undifferentiated 25 15(60%)     10 6 9  
Lymph node metastasis     0.001 3.402(1.646–7.030)       0.008
 Negative 53 11(20.8%)     27 17 9  
 Positive 42 22(52.4%)     11 16 15  
Distant metastasis     0.002 3.520(1.559–7.947)       0.046
 Negative 80 22(27.5%)     36 27 17  
 Positive 11 8(72.7%)     2 4 5  
TNM stage     <0.001 4.649(2.084–10.374)       0.001
 I/II 52 8(15.4%)     28 17 7  
 III/IV 45 24(53.3%)     12 16 17  
Expression of THBS2     <0.001 3.782(2.313–6.184) Multivariate COX  
 G0-1 41 5(12.2%)     Pc value HR (95% CI)
 G2 34 9(26.5)     <0.001 3.164(1.698–5.927)
 G3 25 21(84%)        

(1) Pa values for the cox proportional hazards regression model analysis the correlation between clinicopathologic characteristic with overall survival. (2) Pb value for the chi-squared test analysis the correlation between clinicopathologic characteristic. (3) Pc value for the multivariate COX proportional hazard model analysis the diagnose value of THBS2 after adjustment age, sex, differentiation, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and TNM stage.

*Some data were missed.