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Table 2 Patient characteristics in different molecular subgroups

From: Highly multiplexed quantifications of 299 somatic mutations in colorectal cancer patients by automated MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

 

With any mutation

No mutation

P value

With APC mutation

With other mutation but no APC mutation

P value

With TP53 mutation

With other mutation but no TP53 mutation

P value

With RAS mutation

With other mutation but no RAS mutation

P value

Patients - no.

142

87

 

41

101

 

66

76

 

79

63

 

Age

 Median (range) - yr

66 (40–90)

65 (31–87)

 

64 (42–90)

67 (40–82)

 

65 (44–82)

67 (40–90)

 

65 (42–88)

67 (40–90)

 

 Mean - yr

66.3

65.2

 

66.0

66.4

 

65

67.4

 

65.8

67.0

 

  < 50 - no.

11

9

0.508

5

6

0.845

5

6

0.185

5

6

0.517

 50–70 - no.

77

47

 

21

56

 

40

37

 

46

31

 

  > 70 - no.

54

31

 

15

39

 

21

33

 

28

26

 

Gender - no.

  

0.204

  

0.852

  

0.002

  

0.096

 Male

85

60

 

24

61

 

49

36

 

43

42

 

 Female

57

27

 

17

40

 

17

40

 

36

21

 

Clinical stage - no.

  

0.041

  

0.631

  

0.204

  

0.019

 I

35

18

 

12

23

 

21

14

 

24

11

 

 II

37

32

 

12

25

 

18

19

 

13

24

 

 III

49

33

 

11

38

 

18

31

 

31

18

 

 IV

21

4

 

6

15

 

9

12

 

11

10

 

Location sampled - no.

  

0.062

  

0.266

  

0.213

  

0.136

 Rectum

117

60

 

35

82

 

57

60

 

70

47

 

 Left Colon

8

11

 

1

7

 

2

6

 

2

6

 

 Right Colon

9

12

 

1

8

 

2

7

 

3

6

 

 Rectosigmoid Junction

8

4

 

4

4

 

5

3

 

4

4

 

Differentiation - no.

  

0.892

  

0.128

  

0.156

  

0.400

 Well

8

5

 

0

8

 

5

3

 

6

2

 

 Moderate

113

67

 

36

77

 

50

63

 

60

53

 

 Poor

16

12

 

3

13

 

11

5

 

10

6

 

 Unknowna

5

3

 

2

3

 

0

5

 

3

2

 

Metastasis- no.

  

0.017

  

1.000

  

0.815

  

0.814

 With Metastasis

21

4

 

6

15

 

9

12

 

11

10

 

 Without Metastasis

121

83

 

35

86

 

57

64

 

68

53

 

Treatment after surgery - no.

  

0.405

  

0.133

  

0.611

  

1.000

 With adjuvant therapy

77

52

 

26

51

 

34

43

 

42

35

 

 Without adjuvant therapy

63

33

 

14

49

 

31

32

 

35

28

 

 N/A

2

2

 

1

1

 

1

1

 

2

0

 

Tumor size - cm

  

0.332

  

0.066

  

0.598

  

0.479

 Median (range)

4 (1.5–13)

4 (1.5–10)

 

4 (1.5–12)

4.3 (1.5–13)

 

4 (1.5–11)

4 (1.5–13)

 

4 (1.5–13)

4 (1.5–8.5)

 

 Mean

4.4

4.2

 

4.0

4.6

 

4.3

4.5

 

4.6

4.3

 

CEA - ng/mL

  

0.057

  

0.703

  

0.491

  

1.000

 0.0–5.0

87

63

 

26

61

 

39

48

 

49

38

 

  > 5.0

53

21

 

14

39

 

27

26

 

30

23

 

 N/A

2

3

 

1

1

 

0

2

 

0

2

 
  1. P values were calculated with the use of χ2 test or Fisher exact test for categorical variables and Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables
  2. a Reported as mucinous adenocarcinomas
  3. N/A not available