Table 1. Association of CPEB3 expression with clinicopathological characteristics in 99 patients with CRC.

Variable	n	CPEB3		P
		Low (n = 53)	High (n = 46)
Age (years)
< 70 (45-69)	54	32	22	0.147
≥ 70 (70-91)	45	21	24
Gender
Male	58	30	28	0.411
Female	41	23	18
Pathological grade
Well	69	35	34	0.265
Moderate- Poor	30	18	12
pT status
T1-2	4	1	3	0.257
T3-4	95	52	43
pN status
N0	52	23	29	0.040
N1	47	30	17
pM status
M0	94	48	46	0.040
M1	5	5	0
Tumor stage
I/II	51	22	29	0.026
III/IV	48	31	17
Tumor size
≤ 5 cm	56	32	24	0.268
> 5 cm	43	21	22
Tumor number
Single	95	49	46	0.078
Multiple	4	4	0