TABLE 1.

Correlation between the STK35 protein expression and clinicopathological parameters in patients with colorectal cancer.

Clinicopathological parameter	Protein expression of STK35		P-value
	Low	High
	(n=53, 40.4%)	(n=78, 59.6%)
Gender
Male	31 (58.5%)	35 (44.9%)	0.126
Female	22 (41.5%)	43 (55.1%)
Age (years)
<60	18 (34.0%)	39 (50.0%)	0.069
≥60	35 (66.0%)	39 (50.0%)
Tumor size (cm)
≤4	31 (58.5%)	29 (37.2%)	0.016*
>4	22 (41.5%)	49 (62.8%)
T classification
T1	8 (15.1%)	4 (5.1%)	0.024*
T2	15 (28.3%)	11 (14.1%)
T3	13 (24.5%)	24 (30.8%)
T4	17 (32.1%)	39 (50.0%)
Histology
Well	12 (22.6%)	18 (23.1%)	0.326
Moderate	15 (28.3%)	31 (39.7%)
Poor	26 (49.1%)	29 (37.2%)

Differences between groups were determined by the Chi-square test, * P<0.05.