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Table 2 Association of clinicopathological and prognostic parameters of colorectal carcinoma with T stage

From: Clinicopathologic features of colorectal carcinoma: features predicting higher T-stage and nodal metastasis

Variable

T stage

P value

T 1

T2

T3

T4

Age (years)

 < 50

0

2

31

4

0.84

 > 50

1

5

50

7

 

Gender

 Male

0

2

46

3

0.111

 Female

1

5

35

8

 

Laterality

 Right

0

2

23

5

0.62

 Left

1

5

58

6

 

Lymphovascular invasion

 Present

0

0

24

3

0.356

 Absent

1

7

57

8

 

Grade

 Well differentiated

0

2

1

0

< 0.001*

 Moderately differentiated

1

5

65

5

 

 Poorly differentiated

0

0

15

6

 

Tumor type

 Adenocarcinoma, NOS

1

7

64

8

0.65

 Mucinous carcinoma

0

0

12

1

 

 Medullary carcinoma

0

0

2

0

 

 Signet ring cell carcinoma

0

0

3

2

 

Perinodal spread

 Present

0

0

40

7

0.037*

 Absent

1

7

41

4

 

Mucinous histology (%)

 Absent

1

6

54

7

0.778

 < 10

0

0

9

3

 

 10–50

0

0

7

0

 

 > 50

0

1

11

1

 

Signet ring differentiation

 Present

0

1

13

2

0.97

 Absent

1

6

68

9

 

Medullary differentiation

 Present

0

0

1

0

0.971

 Absent

1

7

80

11

 

Necrosis

 Absent

0

0

4

2

0.228

 Focal

0

6

56

1

 

 Widespread

1

1

21

8

 

Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

 None

0

3

50

5

0.047*

 Mild-moderate

1

0

19

4

 

 Marked

0

4

12

2

 

Peri-tumoral lymphocytes

 None

0

7

53

7

0.166

 Mild-moderate

1

0

14

3

 

 Marked

0

0

14

1

 

Pre-existing polyp

 Present

1

2

7

0

0.004*

 Absent

0

5

74

11

 
  1. Chi square test applied
  2. * P-value is significant