Table 4 Patient characteristics of samples used for qPCR validation
From: Concerted down-regulation of immune-system related genes predicts metastasis in colorectal carcinoma
Characteristic | Non-recurrent | Metachronous metastasis | p-value1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
absolute | % | absolute | % | ||
Total number | 11 | 11 | |||
Age [years] | n.s. | ||||
Mean | 68 | 67 | |||
Gender | n.s. | ||||
Female | 7 | 63,6 | 7 | 63,6 | |
Male | 4 | 36,3 | 4 | 36,3 | |
UICC stage | n.s. | ||||
I | 2 | 18,2 | 2 | 18,2 | |
II | 8 | 72,7 | 7 | 63,6 | |
III | 1 | 9,1 | 2 | 18,2 | |