Table 1 Correlation between LRG1 expression and clinicopathological parameters of CRC.

From: Colorectal cancer-associated fibroblasts promote metastasis by up-regulating LRG1 through stromal IL-6/STAT3 signaling

Clinicopathologic features

Number

LRG1 expression(IHC)

High

Low

p value

Gender

 Male

89

44

45

0.776

 Female

52

27

25

Age(years)

 <65

77

40

37

0.678

 ≥65

64

31

33

Tumor size(cm)

 <5

19

5

14

0.024

 ≥5

122

66

56

Degree of differentiation

 Highly

23

9

14

0.239

 Moderately and poorly

118

62

56

Depth of invasion

 T1 + T2

27

9

18

0.049

 T3 + T4

114

62

52

Lymphonodus metastasis

 N0

74

31

43

0.035

 N1, N2

67

40

27

Distance metastasis

 Negative

118

55

63

0.044

 Positive

23

16

7

Plasma CEA level (preoperative)

 ≤5ng/ml

84

33

51

0.013

 >5ng/ml

42

27

15

Plasma CA19-9 level (preoperative)

 ≤37u/ml

98

47

51

0.811

 >37u/ml

21

9

12