Table 1 Correlation between HMGB1 protein expression and clinicopathologic features of the patients with CRC
Variables | Cases (n = 73) | HMGB1 expression | χ 2 | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
− | + | ++ | +++ | ||||
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 5.599 | 0.133 |
  <61 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 |  |  |
  ≥61 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 |  |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.415 | 0.937 |
  Male | 42 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 17 |  |  |
  Female | 31 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 |  |  |
Grade | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 13.063 | 0.042 |
  I | 24 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 |  |  |
  II | 28 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 9 |  |  |
  III | 21 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 |  |  |
TNM stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 12.677 | 0.178 |
  I | 18 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 |  |  |
  II | 22 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 |  |  |
  III | 28 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 |  |  |
  IV | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |  |  |