TABLE 2.
Clinical characteristics of 114 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients according to alkB homologue 5 (ALKBH5) protein levels
| ALKBH5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cases | Low expression | High expression | p‐Value | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 47 | 26 | 21 | .341 |
| Male | 67 | 43 | 24 | |
| Age | ||||
| ≤60 | 41 | 30 | 11 | .038* |
| > 60 | 73 | 39 | 34 | |
| Tumour size | ||||
| ≤5 | 77 | 47 | 30 | .872 |
| > 5 | 37 | 22 | 15 | |
| Histological type | ||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 112 | 67 | 45 | .249 |
| Others | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tumour differentiation | ||||
| Well and moderate | 93 | 58 | 35 | .398 |
| Poor | 21 | 11 | 10 | |
| Lymphovascular invasion | ||||
| Positive | 53 | 30 | 23 | .424 |
| Negative | 61 | 39 | 22 | |
| T stage | ||||
| T1 + T2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | .199 |
| T3 + T4 | 95 | 60 | 35 | |
| N stage | ||||
| N0 | 62 | 33 | 29 | .082 |
| N1 + N2 | 52 | 36 | 16 | |
| M stage | ||||
| M0 | 92 | 51 | 41 | .042* |
| M1 | 22 | 18 | 4 | |
| AJCC stage | ||||
| I + II | 56 | 28 | 28 | .024* |
| III + IV | 58 | 41 | 17 | |
*
p‐Value <.05.