Table 1.
Correlation between different colon sites and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with colon cancer.
| Parameter | Case | Colon sites | P value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Right | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0.3422 |
| Male | 21 | 12 | 9 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤65 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0.7515 |
| >65 | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
| Chemotherapy | ||||
| No | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0.5271 |
| Yes | 20 | 11 | 9 | |
| TNM stage | ||||
| I–II | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0.7440 |
| III–IV | 15 | 7 | 8 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| No | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0.7440 |
| Yes | 15 | 8 | 7 | |
| Fecal occult blood test | ||||
| Positive | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0.0053 |
| Negative | 14 | 3 | 11 | |
*P values are based on chi-square statistics for categorical variables.
Bolded Text: P value less than 0.05 is statistically different.