Table 2 Relationship between DPP3 expression and tumor characteristics in patients with colorectal cancer.
Features | No. of patients | DPP3 expression | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | Â | ||
All patients | 99 | 50 | 49 | Â |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | 0.159 |
 <69 | 49 | 28 | 21 |  |
 ≥69 | 49 | 21 | 28 |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.839 |
 Male | 57 | 28 | 29 |  |
 Female | 41 | 21 | 20 |  |
Grade | Â | Â | Â | 0.462 |
 II | 72 | 38 | 34 |  |
 III | 27 | 12 | 15 |  |
T Infiltrate | Â | Â | Â | 0.312 |
 T2  | 4 | 1 | 3 |  |
 T3 | 63 | 31 | 32 |  |
 T4 | 32 | 18 | 14 |  |
Lymphatic metastasis (N) | Â | Â | Â | 0.034 |
 N0 | 51 | 32 | 19 |  |
 N1 | 36 | 12 | 24 |  |
 N2  | 12 | 6 | 6 |  |
Stage | Â | Â | Â | 0.008 |
 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |  |
 2 | 46 | 31 | 15 |  |
 3 | 44 | 18 | 26 |  |
 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |  |
Tumor size | Â | Â | Â | 0.685 |
 ≤5 cm | 56 | 29 | 27 |  |
 >5 cm | 42 | 20 | 22 |  |
Lymph nodes | Â | Â | Â | 0.272 |
 ≤6 | 50 | 28 | 22 |  |
 >6 | 49 | 22 | 27 |  |
Lymph node positive | Â | Â | Â | 0.012 |
 ≤0  | 51 | 32 | 19 |  |
 >0 | 48 | 18 | 30 |  |