Table 1 The correlation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression and clinicopathological features in colon cancer patients
Items | Cases | MMP-9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive cases | χ2 | P | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 44 | 32 | 0.761 | 0.383 |
Female | 24 | 15 | ||
Age | ||||
<58 years | 32 | 21 | 0.345 | 0.557 |
≥58 years | 36 | 26 | ||
Tumor size | ||||
<5 cm | 41 | 27 | 0.515 | 0.473 |
≥5 cm | 27 | 20 | ||
Differentiated degree | ||||
Well differentiated | 32 | 23 | 1.144 | 0.565 |
Moderately differentiated | 19 | 14 | ||
Poorly and undifferentiated | 17 | 10 | ||
Infiltrative depth | ||||
Mucosa and submucosal layer | 11 | 5 | 5.872 | 0.053 |
Muscular layer | 24 | 15 | ||
Serosa layer | 33 | 27 | ||
Metastasis of lymph node | ||||
Negative | 41 | 24 | 5.416 | 0.020* |
Positive | 27 | 23 | ||
Dukes’ stage | ||||
A | 11 | 4 | 9.051 | 0.029* |
B | 30 | 20 | ||
C | 17 | 14 | ||
D | 10 | 9 | ||