Table 3.

Association of Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Studied CRC Population with the Transcript Levels of Caspase 3, 8, and 9 (Data are shown as P values).

Characteristic	Caspase 3		Caspase 8		Caspase 9
	Eta	P value	Eta	P value	Eta	P value
Sex	0.211	0.397	0.081	0.451	0.32	0.351
Age	0.321	0.346	0.225	0.371	0.287	0.246
Smoking	0.021	0.764	0.201	0.453	0.168	0.841
Tumor stage	0.453	0.037	0.01	0.121	0.461	0.041
Distant metastasis	0.354	0.078	0.551	0.043	0.601	0.034
Tumor location	0.178	0.341	0.022	0.578	0.208	0.436
Differentiation	0.621	0.038	0.538	0.037	0.722	0.021

*, Values in bold demonstrate significant p values.