Table 1 Basic characteristics of healthy controls and CRC patients to study the number and phenotype of T and B lymphocytes.

From: Characteristics of circulating adaptive immune cells in patients with colorectal cancer

Characteristics

Healthy controls (N = 63)

CRC group (N = 78)

P value

Age (years)

63 (56–69)

64.5 (57–72)

0.169

Sex

0.639

Male

34 (54.0%)

39 (50.0%)

 

Female

29 (46.0%)

39 (50.0%)

 

Drinking history

0.078

Yes

14 (22.2%)

28 (35.9%)

 

No

49 (77.8%)

50 (64.1%)

 

Smoking history

0.272

Yes

12 (19.0%)

21 (26.9%)

 

No

51 (81.0%)

57 (73.1%)

 

Tumor site

Colon

 

31 (39.7%)

 

Rectum

 

47 (60.3%)

 

TNM stage

Stage I–II

 

36 (46.2%)

 

Stage III–IV

 

42 (53.8%)

 
  1. CRC, Colorectal cancer; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.