Table 1.

The baseline characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer and healthy controls.

Characteristics	CRC patients	Healthy controls	p value∗
	(n = 101)	(n = 156)
Gender			0.363
Female	44	77
Male	57	79
Age			0.095
Mean ± SD	61.089 ± 8.505Δ	59.359 ± 7.792Δ
Smoking status			0.172
Yes	58	76
No	43	80
Drinking status			0.345
Yes	47	82
No	54	74
Tumor stage (AJCC)
Stage I	10
Stage II	15
Stage III	19
Stage IV	57

^∗ p < 0.05: statistically significant. ^ΔYears are presented as mean ± SD. CRC: colorectal cancer.