Table 1 Correlation of DANCR expression and clinicopathological features in CRC

Age at diagnosis

0.571^*

  ≤50

22

11

10

  >50

25

11

14

Gender

0.664^*

  Female

24

13

11

  Male

23

11

12

Location

0.671^&

  Colon

26

12

14

  Rectal

21

11

10

Clinical stage

0.043^&

  I

9

3

6

  II

10

3

7

  III

17

12

5

  IV

12

9

3

T classification

0.078^*

  T1+T2

16

6

10

  T3+T4

31

20

11

N classification

0.016^&

  No

14

4

10

  Yes

33

22

11

M classification

0.003^&

  M0

15

4

11

  M1

32

23

9

Liver metastasis

  No

19

6

13

0.007^*

  Yes

28

20

8

Pathologic differentiation

0.990^*

  Poor

14

8

6

  Moderate

21

11

10

  Well

12

7

5