Table 1.

Correlation between KIF20A expression and clinicopathological variables in 105 CRC patients.

Characteristics	Total	KIF20A expression		c 2 value	P value
		Low (N = 38)	High (N = 67)
Gender				3.504	0.061
Male	65	28	37
Female	40	10	30
Age				0.070	0.791
<60 years	46	16	30
≥60 years	59	22	37
Tumor size				0.726	0.394
<5 cm	55	22	33
≥5 cm	50	16	34
Differentiation degree				1.156	0.561
Well	2	0	2
Moderate	84	31	53
Poor	19	7	12
Tumor location				1.485	0.829
Ascending colon	19	8	11
Transverse colon	6	2	4
Descending colon	2	0	2
Sigmoid colon	24	9	15
Rectum	54	19	35
T stage				12.795	0.005
1	1	1	0
2	16	11	5
3	83	26	57
4	5	0	5
N stage				11.402	0.003
0	59	29	30
1	31	8	23
2	15	1	14
M stage				5.902	0.015
0	91	37	54
1	14	1	13
TNM stage				18.462	<0.001
I	15	11	4
II	40	18	22
III	36	8	28
IV	14	1	13