Table 1 Patient characteristics and mucinous histology

From: Prognostic implication of mucinous histology in colorectal cancer patients treated with adjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy

     

P -values

 

Total ( N =521)

NMA ( N =453)

AIM ( N =41)

MAC ( N =27)

AIM vs NMA

MAC vs NMA

AIM vs MAC

Age

Median (range)

60 (25–81)

60 (35–76)

62 (25–81)

56 (30–81)

   

65 years

155 (29.8%)

128 (28.3%)

19 (46.3%)

8 (29.6%)

0.015

0.88

0.17

Sex

Male

312 (59.9%)

283 (62.5%)

13 (31.7%)

16 (59.3%)

<0.001

0.74

0.025

Female

209 (40.1%)

170 (37.5%)

28 (68.3%)

11 (40.7%)

   

Location

Proximal

181 (34.7%)

140 (30.9%)

25 (61.0%)

16 (59.3%)

<0.001

0.002

0.89

Distal

340 (65.3%)

313 (69.1%)

16 (39.0%)

11 (40.7%)

   

Stage

II

78 (15.0%)

67 (14.8%)

7 (17.1%)

4 (14.8%)

0.70

1.0

1.0

III

443 (85.0%)

386 (85.2%)

34 (82.9%)

23 (85.2%)

   

T stage

T1–3

445 (85.4%)

394 (87.0%)

35 (85.4%)

16 (59.3%)

0.77

<0.001

0.015

T4

76 (14.6%)

59 (13.0%)

6 (14.6%)

11 (40.7%)

   

N stage

N0–1

378 (72.6%)

332 (73.3%)

29 (70.7%)

17 (63.0%)

0.72

0.24

0.50

N2

143 (27.4%)

121 (26.7%)

12 (29.3%)

10 (37.0%)

   

Angiolymphatic invasion

Present

223 (42.8%)

205 (45.3%)

12 (29.3%)

6 (22.2%)

0.048

0.019

0.52

Absent

298 (57.2%)

248 (54.7%)

29 (70.7%)

21 (77.8%)

   

Venous invasion

Present

57 (10.9%)

54 (11.9%)

1 (2.4%)

2 (7.4%)

0.070

0.76

0.56

Absent

464 (89.1%)

399 (88.1%)

40 (97.6%)

25 (92.6%)

   

Perineural invasion

Present

120 (23.0%)

112 (24.7%)

5 (12.2%)

3 (11.1%)

0.084

0.16

1.00

Absent

401 (77.0%)

341 (75.3%)

36 (87.8%)

24 (88.9%)

   

Microsatellite status

MSS+MSI-L

483 (93.2%)

425 (94.4%)

35 (85.4%)

23 (85.2%)

0.022

0.073

1.00

MSI-H

35 (6.8%)

25 (5.6%)

6 (14.6%)

4 (14.8%)

   
  1. Abbreviations: AIM=adenocarcinoma with intermediate mucinous component; MAC=mucinous adenocarcinoma; MSI-H=high microsatellite instability; MSI-L=low microsatellite instability; MSS=microsatellite stable; NMA=non-mucinous adenocarcinoma.