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Table 2.

Association between UBQLN4 expression and clinicopathological features in CRC patients (n = 112).

Variables	Patients (n = 112)	UBQLN4 expression level		χ²	p value
Variables	Patients (n = 112)	Negative	Positive	χ²	p value
Gender				0.008	0.930
Male	60	18	42
Female	52	16	36
Age				0.046	0.831
≤60	51	16	35
>60	61	18	43
Tumor diameter (cm)				5.672	0.017^a
≤5	86	31	55
>5	26	3	23
Tumor differentiation				0.507	0.477
Poor	28	7	21
Well/Moderate	84	27	57
TNM stage				4.300	0.038^a
I–II	66	25	41
III–IV	46	9	37
T stage				0.931	0.335
T1-2	16	7	9
T3-4	96	27	69
N stage				5.398	0.020^a
N0	67	27	44
N1-2	45	7	34
M stage				1.531	0.216
M0	95	31	64
M1	17	3	14

CRC colorectal cancer, n number.

^aStatistical significance.