Table 3.
The relationship between Aurora kinase A expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer patients
| Characteristic | Aurora kinase A expression |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| Age (yr) | .616 | ||
| <65 | 29 (48.3) | 31 (51.7) | |
| ≥65 | 39 (42.9) | 52 (57.1) | |
| Sex | .035 | ||
| Male | 53 (51.0) | 51 (49.0) | |
| Female | 15 (31.9) | 32 (68.1) | |
| Tumor location | .021 | ||
| Proximal | 14 (30.4) | 32 (69.6) | |
| Distal | 54 (51.4) | 51 (48.6) | |
| Tumor differentiation | .517 | ||
| Well | 8 (44.4) | 10 (55.6) | |
| Moderate | 57 (46.7) | 65 (53.3) | |
| Poor | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | |
| Mucinous | 0 | 2 (100) | |
| Vascular invasion | .755 | ||
| Absent | 64 (45.7) | 76 (54.3) | |
| Present | 4 (36.4) | 7 (63.6) | |
| Lymphatic invasion | .139 | ||
| Absent | 32 (39.0) | 50 (61.0) | |
| Present | 36 (52.2) | 33 (47.8) | |
| Perineural invasion | .288 | ||
| Absent | 44 (41.9) | 61 (58.1) | |
| Present | 24 (52.2) | 22 (47.8) | |
| TNM stage | .692 | ||
| I | 11 (50.0) | 11 (50.0) | |
| II | 25 (41.0) | 36 (59.0) | |
| III | 32 (47.1) | 36 (52.9) | |
Values are presented as numbers (%).
TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.