Table 1 Clinical and histopathological characteristics of the colon adenoma patients, colon cancer patients and health controls
From: Serum MicroRNA profile in patients with colon adenomas or cancer
Characteristics | Health | Adenoma | Cancer | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0.934 |
Female | 9 | 9 | 8 | Â | |
Age | ≤60 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 0.765 |
>60 | 10 | 10 | 8 | Â | |
Histological grade | Low | – | 20 | 8 | 0.00 |
Middle or high | – | 0 | 12 |  | |
Tumor invasion depth (T) | T1/T2 | – | 20 | 9 | 0.00 |
T3/T4 | – | 0 | 11 |  | |
Lymph node metastasis (N) | Yes | – | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
No | – | 20 | 8 |  | |
TNM stage | I/II | – | 20 | 9 | 0.00 |
III/IV | – | 0 | 11 |  | |