Table 2.

Relationship between platelet indices and pathological characteristics in CRC patients.

Variables	N	PC (×109/L)	p	MPV (fl)	p	PDW (%)	p	PCT (%)	p
Gender			0.1698		0.6367		0.4163		0.8311
Male	467	269.2 ± 4.051		10.17 ± 0.2230		13.54 ± 0.1374		0.271 ± 0.0070
Female	316	277.2 ± 4.799		10.37 ± 0.3965		13.73 ± 0.1959		0.269 ± 0.0049
Age			0.009		0.9548		0.6974		0.4726
≤60	357	281.5 ± 4.665		10.27 ± 0.3542		13.67 ± 0.1383		0.274 ± 0.0047
>60	426	265.3 ± 4.110		10.24 ± 0.2405		13.58 ± 0.1743		0.267 ± 0.0075
Location			0.0002		0.3219		0.4754		0.002
Colon	430	283.2 ± 4.691		10.22 ± 0.2400		13.54 ± 0.1639		0.279 ± 0.0049
Rectum	353	259.9 ± 3.698		9.950 ± 0.0871		13.71 ± 0.1548		0.258 ± 0.0043
TNM stage			<0.0001		0.6727		0.7132		0.0002
I	136	238.9 ± 5.612		9.981 ± 0.1280		13.81 ± 0.2208		0.237 ± 0.0065
II	247	275.5 ± 6.178		9.857 ± 0.1244		13.71 ± 0.2402		0.266 ± 0.0059
III	322	278.5 ± 4.884		10.07 ± 0.1329		13.47 ± 0.1696		0.278 ± 0.0056
IV	78	284.0 ± 8.675		10.05 ± 0.2261		13.60 ± 0.3025		0.282 ± 0.0097
pT stage			<0.0001		0.7673		0.2589		<0.0001
T1	51	240.2 ± 8.221		9.780 ± 0.1591		13.67 ± 0.3514		0.232 ± 0.0075
T2	120	240.2 ± 5.984		9.978 ± 0.1385		13.76 ± 0.2358		0.239 ± 0.0072
T3	481	274.5 ± 3.982		10.21 ± 0.2162		13.66 ± 0.1586		0.271 ± 0.0043
T4	131	299.6 ± 8.980		9.928 ± 0.1603		13.29 ± 0.2429		0.292 ± 0.0082
pN stage			0.0814		0.2524		0.122		0.034
N0	393	267.2 ± 4.511		9.916 ± 0.0931		13.72 ± 0.1711		0.261 ± 0.0045
N1	240	279.3 ± 5.094		10.17 ± 0.1722		13.74 ± 0.1993		0.282 ± 0.0066
N2	150	280.4 ± 6.385		9.873 ± 0.1217		13.14 ± 0.2224		0.270 ± 0.0075
pM stage			0.2541		0.7885		0.6413		0.2389
M0	707	271.5 ± 3.296		9.979 ± 0.0784		13.60 ± 0.1220		0.268 ± 0.0036
M1	76	283.5 ± 8.831		10.05 ± 0.2335		13.78 ± 0.2982		0.282 ± 0.0099
Differentiation			0.7167		0.2818		0.818		0.818
Poor	80	276.5 ± 10.31		9.703 ± 0.2728		13.96 ± 0.4597		13.96 ± 0.4597
Moderate	637	271.3 ± 3.393		9.962 ± 0.0781		13.62 ± 0.1308		13.62 ± 0.1308
Well	65	256.7 ± 20.12		9.325 ± 0.2683		13.86 ± 0.6398		13.86 ± 0.6398
Invasion			0.7875		0.0119		0.1188		0.0417
Negative	426	272.4 ± 4.390		9.780 ± 0.0833		13.61 ± 0.1622		0.265 ± 0.0044
Positive	257	274.3 ± 5.409		10.79 ± 0.4972		13.21 ± 0.1907		0.280 ± 0.0063
Tumor size (cm)			<0.0001		0.8444		0.3427		0.0002
<5	368	256.2 ± 4.571		9.871 ± 0.0923		13.92 ± 0.1549		0.250 ± 0.0047
≥5	415	297.8 ± 7.246		9.829 ± 0.2160		14.23 ± 0.3032		0.277 ± 0.0044

Values of PC, MPV, PDW and PCT are expressed as mean ± standard error. Bold indicates a statistically significant.