Table 2.

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

Features	No. of patients	PICALM expression		p value
		Low	High
All patients	76	44	32
Age (years)				0.112
< 65	34	16	18
≥ 65	38	25	13
Gender				0.903
Male	41	24	17
Female	35	20	15
Tumor size				0.330
< 5	36	23	13
≥ 5	38	20	18
Grade				0.222
2	66	40	26
3	10	4	6
Stage				0.013
1	7	7	0
2	38	23	15
3	27	13	14
4	4	1	3
T Infiltrate				0.508
T1	1	1	0
T2	6	6	0
T3	46	23	23
T4	23	14	9
Lymphatic metastasis (N)				0.042
N0	45	30	15
N1	17	9	8
N2	14	5	9
Metastasis				0.174
M0	72	43	29
M1	4	1	3