Table 1.
Varible | All patients | NAT10 | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | |||
All Cases | 80 | 40 | 40 | |
Age (years) | ||||
60 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0.084 |
≥ 60 | 57 | 25 | 32 | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 50 | 22 | 28 | 0.166 |
Female | 30 | 18 | 12 | |
Tumor site | ||||
Colon | 35 | 21 | 14 | 0.115 |
Rectum | 45 | 19 | 26 | |
Tumor size (cm) | ||||
5 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 0.491 |
≥ 5 | 31 | 14 | 17 | |
TNM staging system | ||||
T1 + T2 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 0.112 |
T3 + T4 | 47 | 27 | 20 | |
Tumor stage | ||||
Stage I + II | 43 | 9 | 34 | < 0.001 * |
Stage III + IV | 37 | 31 | 6 | |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||
No | 46 | 11 | 35 | < 0.001 * |
Yes | 34 | 29 | 5 | |
Vascular invasion | ||||
No | 61 | 25 | 36 | 0.004 * |
Yes | 19 | 15 | 4 | |
Nerve invasion | ||||
No | 66 | 30 | 36 | 0.078 |
Yes | 14 | 10 | 4 | |
Distant metastasis | ||||
No | 63 | 27 | 36 | 0.014 * |
Yes | 17 | 13 | 4 | |
CEA (ng/ml) | ||||
5 | 49 | 21 | 28 | 0.108 |
≥ 5 | 31 | 19 | 12 |
The bold type represents P values smaller than 0.05
TNM Tumour node metastasis, CEA Carcinoembryonic antige
P < 0.05 was considered significant