Table 1.

Correlation between RANK expression and clinicopathologic features of 203 CRC patients.

Features	N of cases	RANK		P value (χ2 tests)
		Low	High
Total
Age (years)
<65	126	60	66	0.952
≥65	77	37	40
Gender
Male	125	62	63	0.512
Female	78	35	43
Tumor size (cm)
<5	173	93	80	<0.0001
≥5	30	4	26
CEA level (ng/ml)
≤5	62	27	35	0.423
>5	141	70	71
Depth of invasion
T1	2	0	2	0.015
T2	32	20	12
T3	137	68	69
T4	32	9	23
Lymph node metastasis
N0	115	63	52	0.027
N1	62	27	35
N2	26	7	19
Distant metastasis
M0	173	94	79	<0.0001
M1	30	3	27
TNM stage (AJCC)
I	26	18	8	<0.0001
II	75	42	33
III	72	34	38
IV	30	3	27

The bold number represents the P values with significant differences.