Table 3.

Correlation of SNORD1C expression and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with CRC

Characteristics	n	SNORD1C		p value
		high	low
Total	122	61	61
Gender				0.067
Male	89	40	49
female	33	21	12
Age (years)				0.716
≤60	66	32	34
>60	56	29	27
Location				0.102
Colon	55	23	32
Rectum	67	38	29
differentiation				0.928
Well	10	5	5
moderate	71	37	34
Poor	14	7	7
unknown	27	12	15
Tumor infiltration				0.039*
T1-T2	25	10	15
T3-T4	54	34	20
unknown	43	17	26
Lymph node metastasis				0.374
Yes	35	14	21
No	65	35	30
unknown	22	12	10
Venous invasion				0.644
positive	36	17	19
negative	61	33	28
unknown	25	11	14
Nerve infiltration				0.698
positive	25	14	11
negative	72	36	36
unknown	25	11	14
CEA (ng/ml)				0.034*
≤5	78	37	41
>5	34	22	12
unknown	10	2	8

Note: *p < 0.05

TNM, tumor–lymph node metastasis; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen