Table 1. Clinical characteristics and SPOP methylation in 118 CRC patients.

Clinical characteristics	Number(n=118)	SPOP methylation		P
		Methylated(n=31)	Unmethylated(n=87)
Age (years)
⩽60	45	13	32	0.669
>60	73	18	55
Gender
Male	67	14	53	0.144
Female	51	17	34
Differentiation
Well/moderate	60	13	47	0.298
Poor	58	18	40
TNM stage
Stage I	26	12	14	0.013*
Stage II/III	92	19	73
Lymph node
Positive	53	8	45	0.020*
Negative	65	23	42

* indicates statistically significant difference