Table 1. Correlations between GOLPH3 expression and clinicopathological parameters.

Clinicopathological parameters	Cases (n = 148)	GOLPH3 expression		P value
		Low (71)	High (77)
Gender
Male	89	41	48	0.569
Female	59	30	29
Age (years)
< 65	67	35	32	0.345
≥ 65	81	36	45
Histology
Differentiated	82	47	35	0.011
Undifferentiated	66	24	42
Distance from anal verge(cm)
< 6	57	29	28	0.576
≥ 6	91	42	49
CEA(ng/ml)
< 3.4	70	41	29	0.014
≥ 3.4	78	30	48
Clinical Tumor status
cT3	80	45	35	0.029
cT4	68	26	42
Clinical Node status
cN0	54	32	22	0.037
cN+	94	39	55
Recurrence
Negative	105	59	46	0.002
Positive	43	12	31
Distant metastasis
Negative	122	64	58	0.018
Positive	26	7	19

Abbreviations: GOLPH3, Golgi phosphoprotein 3; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen.