Table 1.

Correlations between PYK2 level and clinicopathological characteristics

Variables	Patients	PYK2 level		P-value
	(n=87)	Low (n=44)	High (n=43)
Gender				0.759
Female	23	11	12
Male	64	33	31
Age (years)				0.067
≤58	41	25	16
>58	46	19	27
Location				0.253
Ascending	33	13	20
Transverse	13	7	6
Descending/sigmoid	41	24	17
Differentiation				0.525
Poor	17	8	9
Moderate	66	35	31
Well	4	1	3
Tumor size (diameter, cm)				0.230
≤5.0	56	31	25
>5.0	31	13	18
Invasion depth				0.224
T1–T2	36	21	15
T3–T4	51	23	28
Lymph node metastasis				0.023a
Negative	39	25	14
Positive	48	19	29

Note:

^aindicates statistically significant (P<0.05).