Table 2.

Association between ADAM8 expression and patient clinical‐pathologic characteristics in colon cancer patients

Factors	n	ADAM8 expression		P value
		High	Low
Age, y				.160
<65	44	22	22
≥65	53	34	19
Gender				.174
Male	73	45	28
Female	24	11	13
Tumour size (cm)				.488
≤5	38	24	14
>5	59	32	27
Tumour location				.534
Right	39	24	15
Others	58	32	26
Differentiation				.824
Well	13	8	5
Moderate	26	16	10
Poor	58	32	26
AJCC stage				.001
I + II	33	11	22
III + IV	64	45	19
T stage				.014
T1 + T2	29	11	18
T3 + T4	68	45	23
N stage				.007
N0	18	5	13
N1 + N2	79	51	28
M stage				.02
M0	90	49	41
M1	7	7	0

Chi‐squared test and Fisher's exact test were applied for categorical variables, and continuous variables were analysed by the Student's t test.