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Table 2. Clinicopathological characteristics of the study patients.

Characteristics	Specifics	No. of metastatic CRC patients (20)	No. of non-metastatic CRC patients (24)
Age distribution	≤ 60 y	14 (70.0%)	9 (37.5%)
Age distribution	> 60 y	6 (30.0%)	15 (62.5%)
Gender	Male	14 (70.0%)	13 (54.2%)
Gender	Female	6 (30.0%)	11 (45.8%)
CRC location	Colon	8 (40.0%)	8 (33.3%)
CRC location	Rectum	12 (60.0%)	16 (66.7%)
Histologic grades	Well or moderately differentiated	15 (75.0%)	20 (83.3%)
Histologic grades	Poorly differentiated	5 (25.0%)	4 (16.7%)
T stage	T2	3 (15.0%)	2 (8.3%)
	T3	12(60%)	17(70.8%)
	T3, T4	5 (25.0%)	5 (20.8%)
Stage at diagnosis	Stage I + II	12 (60.0%)	13 (54.2%)
Stage at diagnosis	Stage III + IV	8 (40.0%)	11 (45.8%)