Table 2.

Relationship between CDC42EP3 expression and tumor characteristics in patients with colorectal cancer

Features	No. of patients	CDC42EP3 expression		P value
		Low	high
All patients	97	63	34
Age (years)				0.200
≤ 71	47	27	20
> 71	44	31	13
Gender				0.922
Male	53	34	19
Female	43	28	15
N stage				0.379
N0	57	39	18
N1	27	17	10
N2	11	6	5
Number of mesenteric lymph nodes				0.022
< 7	42	32	10
≥ 7	44	23	21
Grade				< 0.001
II	50	47	3
III	47	16	31
T Stage				0.796
T1	1	1	0
T2	5	4	1
T3	74	47	27
T4	13	9	4
AJCC stage				0.313
1	5	4	1
2	52	35	17
3	36	21	15
4	3	2	1
Tumor size				0.671
< 5.5 cm	48	32	16
≥ 5.5 cm	48	30	18