Table 1. Relationship between TAB3 expression and clinicopathological features in 162 CRC patients.

Parameters	Case	TAB3 expression		P value
	162	Low	High
Age (years)
<60	102	51	51	0.255
≥60	60	24	36
Gender
Female	77	40	37	0.207
Male	85	35	50
Tumor size (cm)
<5	88	46	42	0.115
≥5	74	29	45
Histological type
Differentiated	130	65	65	0.075
Undifferentiated	32	10	22
Lymphatic metastasis
Negative	91	58	33	<0.001**
Positive	71	17	54
Venous invasion
Negative	116	60	56	0.036*
Positive	46	15	31
TNM staging
I/II	97	55	42	0.001**
III/IV	65	20	45

P value was generated by comparing all subgroups and analyzed by the chi-square test. P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.