Table I.

Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer.

Characteristics	Frequency, n (%)
Total	343 (100%)
Age, mean (range) years	64 (29–89)
Sex
Male	198 (57.7%)
Female	145 (42.3%)
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	68 (19.8%)
No	275 (80.2%)
pT stage
T1	26 (7.6%)
T2	45 (13.1%)
T3	216 (63.0%)
T4	56 (16.3%)
pN stage
N0	218 (63.5%)
N1	81 (23.6%)
N2	44 (12.9%)
pM stage
M0	322 (93.8%)
M1	21 (6.2%)
Tumor location
Right	116 (33.8%)
Left	227 (66.2%)
Tumor size
<5 cm	226 (65.9%)
≥5 cm	117 (34.1%)
Vascular invasion
Yes	54 (15.7%)
No	289 (84.3%)
Lymphatic invasion
Yes	96 (28.0%)
No	247 (72.0%)
Perineural invasion
Yes	116 (33.8%)
No	227 (66.2%)
Differentiation
Well/moderately differentiated	322 (93.9%)
Poorly differentiated	21 (6.1%)
AMPK levels
High	89 (25.9%)
Low	254 (74.1%)
TET2 levels
High	93 (27.1%)
Low	250 (72.9%)

T, tumor; N, node; M, metastasis; AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase; TET2, ten eleven translocation 2.