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Table 1 IMA-LN and clinical characters

From: Pathological features of lymph nodes around inferior mesenteric artery in rectal cancer: a retrospective study

 

Case (n)

IMA-LN

χ2 value

P value

Metastasis (n)

Metastasis rate (%)

Gender

 Male

296

16

5.4

0.445

0.505

 Female

189

13

6.9

Age (years)

 ≤60

171

10

5.8

0.008

0.929

 >60

314

19

6.1

BMI (kg/m2)

 ≤25

298

19

6.4

0.216

0.642

 >25

187

10

5.3

Distance from anal verge(cm)

 ≤10

322

13

3.7

6.428

0.011*

 >10

163

16

9.2

CEA (ng/ml)

 ≤5

202

5

2.5

7.561

0.006*

 >5

283

24

8.5

CA19-9 (U/ml)

 ≤27

213

10

4.7

1.115

0.291

 >27

272

19

7.0

CA72-4 (U/ml)

 ≤6.9

304

17

5.6

0.217

0.641

 >6.9

181

12

6.6

  1. *P<0.05, the difference was statistically significant