| PTEN expression negative colorectal adenocarcinomas | |||||
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Characteristic | Dukes' stage A/B n= 29†| Dukes' stage C/D n= 23†| P ‡ | Proximal colonic n= 24†| Distal colonic/Rectal n= 32†| P ‡ |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male | 58.6 (17) | 39.1 (9) |  | 41.7 (10) | 46.9 (15) |  |
   Female | 41.4 (12) | 60.9 (14) | 0.16 | 58.3 (14) | 53.1 (17) | 0.70 |
Age at diagnosis (years) | 70.3 (8.14) | 69.0 (8.67) | 0.56 | 71.0 (7.31) | 69.1 (8.77) | 0.41 |
Tumour location | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Proximal colonic | 37.5 (9) | 72.0 (18) |  | a | a |  |
   Distal colonic/Rectal | 62.5 (15) | 28.0 (7) | 0.02 | a | a | a |
Differentiation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Well/Moderate | 92.6 (25) | 78.3 (18) | (FET) | 69.6 (16) | 100.0 (28) | (FET) |
   Poor | 7.4 (2) | 21.7 (5) | 0.23 | 30.4 (7) | 0.0 (0) | <0.01 |
Dukes' Stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   A/B | a | a |  | 37.5 (9) | 72.0 (18) |  |
   C/D | a | a | a | 62.5 (15) | 28.0 (7) | 0.02 |
MSI status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   MSS | 81.5 (22) | 84.2 (16) | (FET) | 72.7 (16) | 89.7 (26) | (FET) |
   MSI | 18.5 (5) | 15.8 (3) | 1.00 | 27.3 (6) | 10.3 (3) | 0.15 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2 (3.60) | 26.4 (4.77) | 0.85 | 26.5 (4.71) | 26.4 (3.64) | 0.93 |
Alcohol consumption | 6.6 (11.1) | 6.5 (7.8) | 0.97 | 4.0 (5.7) | 8.0 (10.8) | 0.11 |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Current | 13.8 (4) | 4.3 (1) |  | 8.3 (2) | 9.4 (3) |  |
   Former | 41.4 (12) | 52.2 (12) |  | 54.2 (13) | 40.6 (13) |  |
   Never | 44.8 (13) | 43.5 (10) | 0.47 | 37.5 (9) | 50.0 (16) | 0.60 |
Physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Low | 69.0 (20) | 65.2 (15) |  | 58.3 (14) | 78.1 (25) |  |
   High | 31.0 (9) | 34.8 (8) | 0.78 | 41.7 (10) | 21.9 (7) | 0.11 |
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 3.70 (1.05) | 3.94 (1.11) | 0.45 | 3.82 (1.17) | 3.97 (0.98) | 0.62 |
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.29 (0.39) | 1.33 (0.50) | 0.76 | 1.30 (0.51) | 1.34 (0.36) | 0.69 |
Triglyceride (mmol/l) | 1.90 (1.21) | 2.75 (1.95) | 0.06 | 2.48 (1.61) | 1.97 (1.35) | 0.21 |
Plasma vitamin C (μmol/l) | 46.6 (18.9) | 52.7 (23.1) | 0.32 | 48.1 (19.5) | 56.6 (40.1) | 0.37 |