Table III.

Relationship between TAP expression and clinicopathological parameters of colitis, colon polyp and colon adenocarcinoma.

		Colitis group				Colon polyp group				Colon adeno-carcinoma group
Clinicopa-thological parameters	No.	Positive	Negative	χ2	P-value	Positive	Negative	χ2	P-value	Positive	Negative	χ2	P-value
Sex
Male	81	2	25			20	6			25	3
Female	69	1	22	0.663	>0.05	18	6	0.402	>0.05	21	1	0.518	>0.05
Age (years)
≤50	65	1	23			19	7			23	2
>50	85	2	24	0.007	>0.05	18	6	0.072	>0.05	23	2	0.114	>0.05
Ethnic group
Ethnic Han	102	2	34			28	8			33	3
Other ethnic groups	48	1	13	0.116	>0.05	10	4	0.105	>0.05	13	1	0.158	>0.05

TAP, tumor abnormal protein.