Table 2.

Relationship between CENPO expression and tumor characteristics in patients with colorectal cancer

Features	No. of patients	CENPO expression		P value
Features	No. of patients	Low	High	P value
All patients	90	46	44
Age (years)				0.917
≤ 67	45	23	22
> 67	44	22	22
Gender				0.344
Male	53	29	24
Female	36	16	20
Grade				0.033*
II	70	40	30
III	20	6	14
T infiltrate				0.215
T2	2	0	2
T3	60	30	30
T4	28	16	12
Lymphatic metastasis (N)				0.628
N0	45	24	21
N1	36	18	18
N2	9	4	5
AJCC stage				0.835
1	2	0	2
2	42	23	19
3	42	20	22
4	4	3	1
Tumor size				0.327
≤ 5 cm	52	24	28
> 5 cm	37	21	16
Lymph nodes				1.000
< 7	45	23	22
≥ 7	45	23	22
Lymph node positive				0.675
< 1	45	24	21
≥ 1	45	22	23

*P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001