Table 1.

Correlation between mucin expression profile and baseline characteristics in patients with non‐mucinous colorectal adenocarcinomas (n = 206)

		MUC1		P‐value	MUC2		P‐value	MUC4		P‐value	MUC5AC		P‐value
		Low	High		Low	High		Low	High		Low	High
Age
≤60 years	73	29	44	0.356	52	21	0.244	50	23	0.429	49	24	0.508
>60 years	133	48	85		87	46		88	45		88	45
Gender
Female	92	36	56	0.373	58	34	0.142	63	29	0.399	63	29	0.162
Male	114	41	73		81	33		75	39		74	40
Location
Colon	114	46	68	0.202	69	45	0.013	75	39	0.399	72	42	0.162
Rectum	92	31	61		70	22		63	29		65	27
Histological type
Well	50	19	31	0.940	30	20	0.418	32	18	0.667	34	16	0.171
Mod	144	53	91		101	43		99	45		98	46
Poor	12	5	7		8	4		7	5		5	7
Tumor depth
pT1	14	7	7	0.477	8	6	0.036	10	4	0.100	11	3	0.283
pT2	34	15	19		21	13		24	10		17	17
pT3	92	34	58		58	34		67	25		61	31
pT4	66	21	45		52	14		37	29		48	18
Lymph node
pN0	112	48	64	0.003	68	44	0.008	83	29	0.046	74	38	0.370
pN1	61	26	35		43	18		35	26		37	24
pN2	33	3	30		28	5		20	13		26	7
Metastasis
M0	169	66	103	0.192	112	57	0.280	119	50	0.022	107	62	0.027
M1	37	11	26		27	10		19	18		30	7
TNM stage
I	31	17	14	0.033	19	12	0.067	25	6	0.002	21	10	0.226
II	71	27	44		42	29		53	18		44	27
III	67	22	45		51	16		41	26		42	25
IV	37	11	26		27	10		19	18		30	7
Total	206	77	129		67	139		138	68		137	69

Values in bold indicate P < 0.05. Mod, moderate.