Table 1.

Associations of tumor characteristics with DJ-1 expression in colorectal cancer

Tumor characteristics	N (%)	DJ-1 expression
		Low	High	P
Over all	73 (100)	23	50
Age (years)
≤60	33 (45.20)	7	26
>60	40 (55.80)	16	24	0.293
Gender
Male	50 (68.49)	20	30
Female	23 (31.51)	3	20	0.029
Differentiation degree
Well and moderate	47 (64.38)	13	34
Poor	26 (35.62)	10	16	0.432
Tumor size (cm)
≤3	28 (38.36)	13	15
>3	45 (61.64)	10	35	0.040
Stage
I–II	44 (60.28)	18	26
III–IV	29 (29.72)	4	24	0.020

Notes: All data were analyzed by using chi-squared test. P < 0.05 was considered to be significant.