Table 3.
Correlation between arylsulfatase B expression and pathological aspects of colorectal cancer
| Characteristics | Number |
ARSB expression |
P value | |
| Low | High | |||
| Age, yr | ||||
| ≤ 60 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0.091 |
| > 60 | 26 | 4 | 22 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0.341 |
| Female | 19 | 6 | 13 | |
| Macroscopic aspect | ||||
| Polypoid | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0.0031 |
| Ulcero-infiltrative | 33 | 4 | 29 | |
| Microscopic aspect | ||||
| G1 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0.0072 |
| G2 | 24 | 4 | 20 | |
| G3+4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Localization | ||||
| Proximal | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0.992 |
| Distal | 21 | 5 | 16 | |
| Upper rectum | 16 | 4 | 12 | |
| Lymph node ratio | ||||
| < 0.1 | 34 | 9 | 25 | 0.701 |
| ≥ 0.1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| Absent | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0.271 |
| Present | 16 | 2 | 14 | |
| pT stage | ||||
| ≤ T2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0.461 |
| ≥ T3 | 30 | 6 | 23 | |
| Budding grade | ||||
| G1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0.822 |
| G2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | |
| G3 | 21 | 6 | 15 | |
| Maspin expression | ||||
| Positive | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0.03 |
| Negative | 23 | 9 | 14 | |
1
Fisher’s exact test.
2
χ2 test. Significant differences are shown in bold. G1: Well differentiated; G2: Moderately differentiated; G3: Poorly differentiated, 4 mucinous.