Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Gender | |
| Male | 85 |
| Female | 83 |
| Age (years) | |
| Median (range) | 67 (26–90) |
| Location of primary tumor | |
| Colon | 90 |
| Rectum | 78 |
| Tumor deptha | |
| T1–3 | 109 |
| T4 | 59 |
| Tumor diameter (cm) | |
| Median (range) | 5.0 (1.0–11.0) |
| Histological type | |
| Well, Moderately | 154 |
| Poorly, Mucinous | 14 |
| Lymphatic involvement | |
| Negative | 40 |
| Positive | 128 |
| Venous involvement | |
| Negative | 137 |
| Positive | 31 |
| Lymph node metastases | |
| Negative | 92 |
| Positive | 76 |
| Peripheral monocyte count (/mm3) | |
| Median (range) | 348 (28–719) |
| The number of TAMs (/field) | |
| Median (range) | 7.67 (0.67–58.67) |
TAMs tumor-associated macrophages
a:According to the UICC. TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (Seventh edition)