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Table 1 Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics in non-mucinous and mucinous adenocarcinoma

From: The clinicopathological features of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinoma and a therapeutic strategy for the disease

Characteristics

NMA

MA

P-value

  

(n = 2,673)

(n = 144)

 

Gender

   

0.772

 

Female

1,072

56

 
 

Male

1,601

88

 

Age, years

  

0.271

 

< 65

1,183

57

 
 

≧ 65

1,490

87

 

Location

   

0.090

 

Colon

1,516

92

 
 

Rectum

1,157

57

 

Size, cm

   

< 0.001

 

< 5

1,715

59

 
 

≥ 5

958

85

 

Preoperative serum CEA, ng/ml

  

< 0.001

 

<5.0

1,858

80

 
 

≧5.0

815

64

 

Depth of invasiona

  

< 0.001

 

T1, T2

979

13

 
 

T3, T4

1,694

131

 

Lymph node metastasisa

  

0.002

 

N0

1,602

68

 
 

N1, N2

1,071

76

 

Distant metastasisa

  

0.010

 

M0

2,319

114

 
 

M1

354

30

 

Number of metastatic sites

  

0.019

 

0

2,319

114

 
 

1

269

25

 
 

≧ 2

86

5

 
  1. aStaging of tumor (T), nodes (N), and metastases (M) [24]; NMA, non-mucinous adenocarcinoma; MA, mucinous adenocarcinoma.