Table 1 Correlation between expression of EphA1 transcript and clinicopathologic parameters in 75 colorectal carcinomas
From: Downregulation of EphA1 in colorectal carcinomas correlates with invasion and metastasis
Case number | N/T>2 | N/T0.5-2 | N/T<0.5 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 75 | 28 | 17 | 30 | — |
Sex | |||||
Male | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 0.952 |
Female | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | |
Age (years) | |||||
≤55 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 0.96 |
>55 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | |
Location | |||||
Rectum+sigmoid colon | 57 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 0.556 |
Colon | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Tumor size (cm) | |||||
≤5 | 49 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 0.98 |
>5 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | |
Depth of wall invasion | |||||
Mucosa+submucosa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.278 |
Muscularis propria | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
Subserosa+serosa | 52 | 18 | 14 | 20 | |
Tumor differentiation | |||||
Well+moderate | 48 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 0.36 |
Poor+mucinous | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | |
Lymph node metastasis | |||||
Negative | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 0.72 |
Positive | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | |
Clinical stage (TNM) | |||||
I | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0.617 |
II | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
III+IV | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | |
Stage (Dukes) | |||||
A+B | 45 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 0.78 |
C | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | |
