Table 1. Relationship with TaqMeth V of CDO1 and clinicopathological factors at cancer tissue.

Clinicopathological factors	Compare items	n	Average of TaqMeth V	P-value
Age		107	---	0.006	(R2 = 0.070)
Gender	Male	65	40.6 ± 22.9	0.73
	Female	42	39.1 ± 20.7
Histological type	Differentiated type	99	41.3 ± 22.0	0.03
	Undifferentiated type	8	24.7 ± 16.4
Tumor location	Colon	60	38.7 ± 20.9	0.49
	Rectum	47	41.7 ± 23.4
Tumor diameter (cm)		107	---	0.04	(R2 = 0.038)
Liver metastasis	Negative	80	37.2 ± 21.7	0.02
	Positive	27	48.6 ± 20.8
Depth of tumor invasion	~sm	13	29.8 ± 20.0	0.07
	mp~	94	41.5 ± 22.0
Lymph node metastasis	Negative	60	37.6 ± 21.7	0.19
	Positive	47	43.2 ± 22.2
Distant metastasis	Negative	88	38.7 ± 21.7	0.16
	Positive	19	46.4 ± 22.9
pStage	0	4	25.4 ± 11.7	0.45
	I	23	35.6 ± 20.7
	II	31	39.2 ± 23.3
	III	30	42.2 ± 21.5
	IV	19	46.4 ± 22.9
Dukes classification	A	27	34.1 ± 23.3	0.30
	B	31	39.2 ± 23.3
	C	30	42.2 ± 21.5
	D	19	46.4 ± 22.9
Dukes classification	A and B	58	36.8 ± 21.7	0.10
	C and D	49	43.9 ± 21.9
Lymphatic invasion	Negative	96	30.2 ± 22.0	0.11
	Positive	11	41.2 ± 21.8
Venous invasion	Negative	95	32.5 ± 19.4	0.07
	Positive	22	42.0 ± 22.3
Infiltrative pattern	a	5	24.4 ± 23.2	0.75
	b	91	41.7 ± 21.0
	c	6	41.2 ± 27.9