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. 2021 Sep 13;2021:3946875. doi: 10.1155/2021/3946875

Table 2.

KRAS mutation status according to patient and tumour characteristics.

WT-KRAS (n = 74) MT-KRAS (n = 75) P value
Sex
Men (n = 85) 43 (50.6%) 42 (49.4%) 0.46
Women (n = 64) 31 (48.4%) 33 (51.6%)

Age
<50 (n = 17) 9 (53%) 8 (47%) 0.62
50–69 (n = 80) 42 (52.5%) 38 (47.5%)
>69 (n = 52) 23 (44.2%) 29 (55.8%)

Location
Right colon (n = 64) 28 (43.7%) 36 (56.3%) 0.32
Left colon (n = 64) 33 (51.5%) 31 (48.5%)
Rectum (n = 21) 13 (61.9%) 8 (38.1%)

ECOG Index
0 (n = 34) 20 (58.8%) 14 (41.2%) 0.15
1-2 (n = 115) 54 (46.9%) 61 (53.1%)

T stage
T3 (n = 68) 33 (48.5%) 35 (51.5%) 0.46
T4 (n = 81) 41 (50.6%) 40 (49.4%)

N stage
N0 (n = 27) 18 (66.6%) 9 (33.4%) 0.04
N1-2 (n = 122) 56 (45.9%) 66 (54.1%)

Time of diagnostics
Synchronic (n = 77) 36 (46.7%) 41 (53.3%) 0.28
Metachronic (n = 72) 38 (52.8%) 34 (47.2%)

Site of metastases
Peritoneum only (n = 61) 36 (59%) 25 (41%) 0.08
Peritoneum + liver (n = 51) 26 (51%) 25 (49%)
Peritoneum + lung (n = 8) 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%)
Multiple (n = 29) 9 (31%) 20 (69%)

Grade of differentiation
Well to moderate (n = 111) 61 (55%) 50 (45%) 0.02
Poor (n = 38) 13 (34.2%) 25 (65.8%)

Histologic type
Classic adenocarcinoma (n = 105) 61 (58%) 43 (42%) <0.001
Mucinous (n = 44) 12 ((27.7%) 32 (73.8%)

Peritoneal cancer index
1–10 (n = 46) 23 (50%) 23 (50%) 0.15
11–20 (n = 63) 36 (57.1%) 27 (42.9%)
>20 (n = 40) 15 (37.5%) 25 (62.5%)

Primary tumour resection
Yes (n = 130) 69 (53%) 61 (47%) 0.02
No (n = 19) 5 (26.3%) 14 (73.7%)

Chemotherapy treatment
5-FU-based programs plus bevacizumab/cetuximab (n = 103) 57 (55%) 46 (45%) 0.51
5-FU-based programs (n = 46) 17 (37%) 29 (63%)

HIPEC
No (n = 113) 50 (44.2%) 63 (55.8%) 0.01
Yes (n = 36) 24 (66.6%) 12 (33.4%)

A χ2 test was used to calculate the P values.