Table 1.

Correlation Between mRNA Expression of SLC6A14 and Clinical Characteristics in 82 CRC Patients

Variables	No. of Patients	SLC6A14 Expression		P-value
		High Group (n=41)	Low Group (n=41)
Gender
Male	39	20	19	0.8250
Female	43	21	22
Age
<50	40	23	17	0.2692
≥50	42	18	24
Tumor grade
G1+G2	45	23	22	0.8244
G3+G4	37	18	19
Tumor invasion
T1+T2	39	17	22	0.3766
T3+T4	43	24	19
Size (cm)
<5	35	14	21	0.1800
≥5	47	27	20
Lymph node status
Negative	34	10	24	0.0033**
Positive	48	31	17
TNM stage
I+II	36	12	24	0.0139*
III+IV	46	29	17

Notes: *P < 0.05. **P < 0.01.