Table 1 Association between clinico-pathological characteristics of metastatic colorectal cancer patients and immunohistochemical data

From: Prognostic significance of AMPK activation in advanced stage colorectal cancer treated with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab

  

pACC score

pAMPK score

Characteristics

N (%)

â©˝5 ( N =15)

>5 ( N =33)

P -value

â©˝5 ( N =14)

>5 ( N =34)

P -value

Gender

   

0.751

  

1.00

Male

29 (60.4)

10

19

 

8

21

 

Female

19 (39.6)

5

14

 

6

13

 

Age at diagnosis (years)

   

0.757

  

0.756

â©˝65

25 (52.1)

7

18

 

8

17

 

>65

23 (47.9)

8

15

 

6

17

 

Primary site

   

0.724

  

0.729

Colon

32 (66.7)

10

22

 

9

23

 

Rectum

14 (29.2)

3

11

 

3

11

 

Colon and rectuma

2 (4.2)

—

—

 

—

—

 

Site of metastasis

   

0.742

  

0.328

Liver

16 (33.3)

4

12

 

3

13

 

Other

32 (66.7)

11

21

 

11

21

 

Synchronous metastasis

   

0.239

  

1.00

Yes

39 (81.2)

14

25

 

12

27

 

No

9 (18.7)

1

8

 

2

7

 

KRAS wildtype

   

0.755

  

1.00

Yes

22 (45.8)

8

14

 

6

16

 

No

24 (50.0)

7

17

 

7

17

 

Unknowna

2 (4.2)

—

—

 

—

—

 

ECOG-PS

   

0.031

  

0.294

0

36 (75.0)

8

28

 

9

27

 

1

12 (25.0)

7

5

 

5

7

 

Ablation/resection of metastasis

   

0.004

  

0.206

Yes

28 (58.3)

4

24

 

6

22

 

No

20 (41.7)

11

9

 

8

12

 

Lines of treatment

   

1.00

  

1.00

1

9 (18.7)

3

6

 

3

6

 

⩾2

39 (81.2)

12

27

 

11

28

 

Carcino-embrionic antigen>30

   

1.00

  

0.321

Yes

16 (33.3)

5

11

 

3

13

 

No

31 (64.6)

10

21

 

11

20

 

Unknowna

1 (2.1)

—

—

 

—

—

 
  1. Abbreviations: ECOG-PS=ECOG performance status; pAMPK=phosphorylated AMPK; pACC=phosphorylated acetyl-Coa carboxylase.
  2. aExcluded from the analysis.