Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of colorectal cancer patients and healthy controls
| Characteristics | Total Number of patients | Number of patients with Wild type TP53 | Number of patients with mutated TP53 | Number of healthy controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 14 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| Female | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Sinhalese | 19 | 12 | 7 | 17 |
| Tamil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Muslims | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Age at study entry | ||||
| 30–60 years | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| > 60 years | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Body Mass index | ||||
| Under weight | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ideal Weight | 11 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Overweight | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Pre obese | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Obese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Histological status of cancer | ||||
| Well differentiated adenocarcinoma | 3 | 2 | 1 | N/A |
| Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma | 10 | 6 | 4 | N/A |
| Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A |
| Unknown | 7 | 5 | 2 | N/A |
| Smoking history | ||||
| Yes | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| No | 15 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| Yes | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| No | 12 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Betel-quid chewing | ||||
| Yes | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| No | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| Codon 72 polymorphism | ||||
| Arginine | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Proline | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Arginine/ Proline | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 |