Table 2.

Correlationship between the clinicopathological features of COAD patients and the level of KRT17 (*P < 0.05). – – Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University

	KRT 17 level
Clinicalpathological fetures	Low(n = 39)	High(n = 39)	Total	X2	P value
Gender				2.731	0.098
Male	24	27	51
Female	18	9	27
Age(years)				0.542	0.462
≤60	21	15	36
>60	21	21	42
Tumor diameter(cm)				6.798	0.009
≤4	18	26	44
>4	24	10	34
Tumor location				0.125	0.724
Up/ Middle	17	16	33
Down	25	20	45
Tumor differentiation				0.489	0.484
High	20	20
Low	22	16
CEA level(ng/ml)				1.697	0.193
≤5	27	28	55
>5	15	8	23
					TNM stage				19.192	0.000
I/II	13	29	42
III	29	7	36
T stage				8.254	0.004
1/2	10	20	30
3/4	32	16	48
Survival state				14.480	0.000
Death	10	24	34
Alive	32	12	44
N stage				31.536	0.000
0/1	17	36	53
2/3	25	0	25
MVD				29.534	0.000
High	29	3	32
Low	13	33	46