Table 1.

Correlations between SNORD15B expression and clinicopathological parameters.

Characteristics	Case	SNORD15B expression#		χ 2	p
		Low	High
Sex				0.037	0.847
Female	206	102	104
Male	224	113	111
Age (yr)				9.076	0.003∗
≤70	230	130	100
>70	198	83	115
TNM stage (AJCC)				0.228	0.633
Stage I/II	238	116	122
Stage III/IV	186	95	91
Lymphatic invasion				3.901	0.048∗
Negative	236	129	107
Positive	151	67	84
Venous invasion				0.056	0.813
Negative	278	141	137
Positive	94	49	45
History of colon polyps				17.532	< 0.001∗
Negative	239	132	107
Positive	122	39	83

AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer. ^#Cutoff threshold of SNORD15B expression was median value in all patients in this cohort. ^∗p < 0.05.