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. 2017 Dec 28;15(3):3161–3166. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.7709

Table II.

Clinicopathological features according to KRAS codon status in 135 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

KRAS codon 12 KRAS codon 13 KRAS codon 12 and 13



Parameter No. Wt Mutation (n, %) P-value Wt Mutation (n, %) P-value Wt Mutation (n, %) P-value
Sex 0.03a,b >0.09c 0.04a,b
  Male 85 69 16 (18.8) 78 7 (8.2) 62 23 (27.1)
  Female 50 32 18 (36.0) 46 4 (8.0) 28 22 (44.0)
Age (years)d 58.2 57.7 59.8 0.34e 58.7 53.3 0.79e 58.3 58.1 0.65e
Body-mass indexd 22.9 23.1 22.5 0.30e 23.0 22.3 0.82e 23.2 22.4 0.26e
Location 0.44b 0.04c 0.51b
  Right-sided 43 34 9 (20.9) 36 7 (16.3) 27 16 (37.2)
  Left-sided 92 67 25 (27.2) 88 4 (4.3) 63 29 (31.5)
Metastasis 0.81b 0.74b 1.00b
  Hepatic 42 32 10 (23.8) 38 4 (9.5) 28 14 (33.3)
  Extrahepatic 93 69 24 (25.8) 86 7 (7.5) 62 31 (33.3)
Synchronous metastasis 0.71b 0.12b 0.58b
  Yes 100 74 26 (26.0) 94 6 (6.0) 68 32 (32.0)
  No 35 27 8 (22.9) 30 5 (14.3) 22 13 (37.1)
a

P<0.05

b

χ2 test

c

Fisher's exact test

d

data presented as the mean

e

Student's t-test. Wt, wild-type.