Table 2.

Correlations between tumor infiltrating pDCs and clinicopathological factors of colon cancer.

Factors	N	pDCs#	P-value
Age
< 65	23	3.14 (1.83, 4.47)	0.08
≥ 65	35	4.49 (2.86, 8.44)
Sex
Male	32	4.13 (2.68, 7.87)	0.43
Female	26	3.70 (1.92, 5.44)
Region
Ascending/Transverse	40	4.13 (2.32, 5.95)	0.04
Descending/Sigmoid	18	3.15 (2.43, 10.99)
T stage
T2/T3	37	4.12 (2.30, 6.55)	0.90
T4	21	3.69 (2.41, 6.39)
N stage
N0/N1	26	2.27 (1.44, 4.13)	<0.001
N3/N4	32	4.83 (3.63, 8.07)
M stage
M0	52	3.68 (2.26, 5.33)	0.01
M1	6	10.44 (5.37, 14.37)
AJCC stage
I /II	24	2.21 (1.30, 3.79)	<0.001
III/IV	34	5.14 (3.69, 8.54)

^#The percentage of pDCs in tumor versus distal tissue.