Table 2.

Association between CST2 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with colon cancer.

Characteristic	n	CST2	CST2	Chi-Square	P value
		Low expression	High expression
Total	94	20	74
Gender
Male	51	13	38	7.084	0.008**
Female	42	7	35
Age
< 65	35	11	24	0.039	0.843
≥ 65	58	9	49
Clinical stage
Ⅰ + Ⅱ	49	11	38	0.062	0.803
Ⅲ + Ⅳ	45	9	36
T stage
T1 + T2	6	1	5	1.340	0.213
T3 + T4	84	19	65
N stage
N0	56	13	43	2.613	0.125
N1 + N2	37	7	30
M stage
M0	91	20	71	0.785	0.375
M1	3	0	3
Patient status
live	41	13	28	11.545	0.001**
dead	53	7	46
Tumor size
< 5 cm	37	8	29	0.147	0.701
≥ 5 cm	55	12	43