Table 1 Patient characteristics of the colorectal cancer cohort

From: Circulating APRIL levels are correlated with advanced disease and prognosis in rectal cancer patients

Factor

Case number

Overall

432

Organ

 Colon

221

 Rectum

209

 Both

2

Gender

 Male

237

 Female

195

Age

 <67

206

67

226

Stage

 I

117

 II

106

 III

106

 IV

95

 Unknown

8

Grade

 G1

16

 G2

328

 G3

76

 Unknown

12

Lymphatic metastasis

 Negative

224

 Positive

203

 Unknown

5

Distant metastasis

 Negative

329

 Positive

95

 Unknown

8

Adjuvant treatment

 Chemotherapy

98

 Immunotherapie

3

 Radiochemotherapy

43

 Radiation

9

 None

234

 Unknown

45

Neoadjuvant treatment

 Chemotheraphy

1

 Radiochemotherapy

52

 None

359

 Unknown

20