Table 2.

Correlation between TRIM29, β-catenin expression and clinicopathologic features of colorectal cancer patients (χ2 test)

Variable	N	Expression of TRIM29			Expression of β-catenin
		+	–	P value	+	–	P value
Age				0.727			0.528
< 65	19	11	8		11	8
≥65	16	11	5		10	6
Gender				0.733			0.305
Female	17	10	7		12	5
Male	18	12	6		9	9
Tumor size (cm)				0.166			0.491
< 5	19	9	10		10	9
≥5	16	12	4		11	5
TNM stage				0.016*			0.046*
I + II	20	9	11		9	11
III + IV	15	13	2		12	3
Lymph node metastasis				0.005**			0.015*
Negative	18	7	11		7	11
Positive	17	15	2		14	3

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 significant difference