Table 2.

Correlation between KIF23 expression and clinicopathological variables in 116 CRC patients

Characteristics	Total	KIF23 expression		c2 Value	P Value
		Low (N= 45)	High (N= 71)
Gender				2.391	0.122
Male	67	30	37
Female	49	15	34
Age				0.091	0.763
<60 years	51	19	32
≥60 years	65	26	39
Tumor size				0.237	0.627
<5 cm	56	23	33
≥5 cm	60	22	38
Differentiation degree				1.306	0.520
Well	3	1	2
Moderate	86	31	55
Poor	27	13	14
Tumor location				0.941	0.919
Ascending colon	26	11	15
Transverse colon	7	3	4
Descending colon	4	1	3
Sigmoid colon	23	10	13
Rectum	56	20	36
T stage				9.766	0.008
1	0	0	0
2	13	9	4
3	91	35	56
4	12	1	11
N stage				18.984	<0.001
0	60	34	26
1	32	9	23
2	24	2	22
M stage				6.129	0.013
0	99	43	56
1	17	2	15
TNM stage				16.245	0.001
I	10	7	3
II	47	25	22
III	42	11	31
IV	17	2	15