Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the population samples.

From: Histopathology and levels of proteins in plasma associate with survival after colorectal cancer diagnosis

 

Histopathology annotation available (N = 2162)

TSO500 sequencing available (N = 2134)

Plasma protein data available (N = 128)

Age at diagnosis

    Mean (SD)

69.77 (12.26)

69.84 (12.19)

68.91 (11.83)

Year of diagnosis

    Mean (SD)

2003.25 (10.15)

2003.36 (10.00)

2003.23 (2.10)

Follow-up time

    Median (years)

4.58

4.50

9.58

Sex

    Male

1136 (52.5%)

1134 (53.1%)

73 (57.0%)

    Female

1026 (47.5%)

1000 (46.9%)

55 (43.0%)

Prior cancer diagnosis

    No

1879 (86.9%)

1857 (87.0%)

126 (98.4%)

    Yes

283 (13.1%)

277 (13.0%)

2 (1.6%)

Lynch syndrome

    No disease

2121 (98.1%)

2086 (97.8%)

126 (98.4%)

    Disease

41 (1.9%)

48 (2.2%)

2 (1.6%)

Deceased

    Alive

673 (31.1%)

655 (30.7%)

35 (27.3%)

    Deceased

1489 (68.9%)

1479 (69.3%)

93 (72.7%)

Deaths from CRC

    Alive/other

1442 (66.7%)

1424 (66.7%)

93 (72.7%)

    Died from CRC

720 (33.3%)

710 (33.3%)

35 (27.3%)

Cancer stage (TNM)

    I

272 (12.6%)

247 (11.6%)

13 (10.2%)

    II

801 (37.0%)

673 (31.5%)

52 (40.6%)

    III

710 (32.8%)

614 (28.8%)

43 (33.6%)

    IV

379 (17.5%)

310 (14.5%)

20 (15.6%)

    Missing/uncertain

0 (0%)

290 (13.6%)

0 (0%)

Tumour location

    Proximal to splenic flexure

1014 (46.9%)

892 (41.8%)

51 (39.1%)

    Distal to splenic flexure

1148 (53.1%)

1242 (58.2%)

64 (50.0%)

    Missing

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

14 (10.9%)

Amount of stroma in the tumour

    <10%

768 (35.5%)

636 (29.8%)

56 (43.8%)

    10–50%

841 (38.9%)

733 (34.4%)

30 (23.4%)

    >50%

553 (25.6%)

466 (21.8%)

28 (21.8%)

    Not available

0 (0%)

299 (14.0%)

14 (11.0%)

Lymphocytic infiltrate at the tumour margin

    Low–intermediate

1656 (78.4%)

1437 (67.3%)

87 (68.0%)

    High

466 (21.6%)

398 (18.7%)

27 (21.0%)

    Not available

0 (0%)

299 (14.0%)

14 (11.0%)

Lymphoid follicles

    Absent

1775 (82.1%)

1506 (70.6%)

94 (73.4%)

    Present

387 (17.9%)

329 (15.4%)

20 (15.6%)

    Not available

0 (0%)

299 (14.0%)

14 (11.0%)

TMB/Mb

    TMB > 20

294 (13.6%)

305 (14.3%)

14 (10.9%)

    TMB ≤ 20

1541 (71.3%)

1829 (85.8%)

80 (62.5%)

    Not available

327 (15.1%)

0

34 (26.6%)

%MSI

    %MSI > 15

269 (12.4%)

280 (13.1%)

11 (8.6%)

    %MSI ≤ 15

1534 (71.0%)

1817 (85.1%)

82 (64.1%)

    Not available

359 (16.6%)

37 (17.8%)

35 (27.3%)

APC mutation

    Present

1392 (64.4%)

1625 (76.1%)

64 (50.0%)

    Absent

443 (20.5%)

509 (23.9%)

30 (23.5%)

    Not available

327 (15.1%)

0

34 (26.5%)

KRAS mutation

    Present

769 (35.6%)

906 (42.5%)

38 (29.7%)

    Absent

1066 (49.3%)

1228 (57.5%)

56 (43.8%)

    Not available

327 (15.1%)

0

34 (26.5%)

TP53 mutation

    Present

1179 (54.5%)

1401 (65.7%)

69 (53.9%)

    Absent

656 (30.4%)

733 (34.3%)

25 (19.6%)

    Not available

327 (15.1%)

0

34 (26.5%)

BRAF mutation

    Present

327 (15.1%)

314 (14.7%)

17 (13.3%)

    Absent

1744 (80.7%)

1820 (85.3%)

94 (73.4%)

    Not available

91 (4.2%)

0 (0%)

17 (13.3%)