Table 1.

GHRLOS expression and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer

Characteristics	Number of case	GHRLOS expression		P value
		Decreased (n=199) Number (%)	Non-decreased (n=167) Number (%)
Age				0.465
> 65 years	159	83	76
≤ 65 years	207	116	91
Gender				0.253
Male	196	112	84
Female	170	87	83
Tumor site				0.930
Colon	135	73	62
Rectum	231	126	105
Tumor size				0.475
< 5 cm	214	113	101
≥ 5 cm	152	86	66
Histological subtype				0.281
Adenocarcinoma	341	188	153
Others	25	11	14
Histological grade				0.079
Well/Moderate	271	140	131
Poor	95	59	36
Depth of tumor invasion				0.074
T1+T2	110	52	58
T3+T4	256	147	109
Lymph node metastasis				0.033
Absence	217	108	109
Presence	149	91	58
Distant metastasis				0.005
Absence	315	162	153
Presence	51	37	14
Serum CEA level				0.136
≥ 10 ng/mL	268	152	116
< 10 ng/mL	98	47	51

CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen.