Table 1. Demographic CRC patients and normal controls.
| CRC | Normal | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Malay | 35 | 35 |
| Chinese | 15 | 15 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 29 | 30 |
| Female | 21 | 20 |
| Stage (Duke) | ||
| A | 5 | |
| B | 18 | |
| C | 25 | |
| D | 2 | |
| Age (y) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 64±9 | 63±6 |
| Diagnosis* | ||
| Adenocarcinoma with mucinous component | 4 | |
| Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma | 17 | |
| Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma | 27 | |
| Minimal residual adenocarcinoma | 1 | |
| Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | 1 |
* Histopathology.