Table 1. Correlation of clinicopathological parameters and TACC3 expression.

Variable	TACC3 expression
	All cases	Low expression	High expression	P valuea
Age (years)b				0.546
< 53	63	31 (49.2%)	32 (50.8%)
≥ 53	98	53 (54.1%)	45 (45.9%)
Gender				0.989
Female	71	37 (52.1%)	34 (47.9%)
Male	90	47 (52.2%)	43 (47.8%)
Clinical Stage				0.045
I+II	65	40 (61.5%)	25 (38.5%)
III	69	35 (50.7%)	34 (49.3%)
IV	27	9 (33.3%)	18 (66.7%)
T classification				0.029
T1+T2	33	14 (42.4%)	19 (57.6%)
T3	40	28 (70%)	12 (30%)
T4	88	42 (47.7%)	46 (52.3%)
N classification				0.447
N0	71	41 (57.7%)	30 (42.3%)
N+
M classification				0.020
M0	133	75 (56.4%)	58 (43.6%)
M1	28	9 (32.1%)	19 (67.9%)
Pathologic Differentiation				0.549
Well	3	1 (33.3%)	2 (66.7%)
Moderately	150	80 (53.3%)	70 (46.7%)
Poorly	8	3 (37.5%)	5 (62.5%)
Histological Types				0.865
Non-mucinous adenocarcinoma	147	77 (52.3%)	70 (47.7%)
mucinous adenocarcinoma	14	7 (50.0%)	7 (50.0%)
Location				0.267
Colon	93	52 (55.9%)	41 (44.1%)
Rectal	68	32 (47.1%)	36 (52.9%)
Vital status				0.058
Alive	108	62 (57.4%)	46 (42.6%)
Death	53	22 (41.5%)	31 (58.5%)

^aChi-square test;

^bMedian age.