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Table 2 Distributions of clinicopathologic characteristics by KRAS codon 12 and codon 13 mutation

From: Colorectal carcinomas with KRAS codon 12 mutation are associated with more advanced tumor stages

Characterics

MutantKRASCodon 12

Null carcinoma

P-value (Codon 12vs Null)

MutantKRASCodon 13

Pvalue (Codon 13vs Null)

(n = 205)

(n = 473)

(n = 60)

Sex

  

0.005

 

0.12

 Male

107 (52.2%)

301 (63.6%)

 

32 (53.3%)

 

 Female

98 (47.8%)

172 (36.4%)

 

28 (46.7%)

Tumor location

  

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 Proximal colon

58 (29.1%)

76 (16.7%)

 

15 (25.0%)

 

 Distal colon

40 (20.1%)

253 (55.7%)

 

13 (21.7%)

 Rectum

101 (50.8%)

125 (27.6%)

 

32 (53.3%)

 

pT stage

  

0.20

 

0.89

 pT1-2

22 (10.7%)

68 (14.4%)

 

9 (15.0%)

 

 pT3-4

183 (89.3%)

405 (85.6%)

 

51 (85.0%)

pN stage

  

0.02

 

0.90

 pN0

91 (44.4%)

256 (54.1%)

 

33 (55.0%)

 

 pN1-2

114 (55.6%)

217 (45.9%)

 

27 (45.0%)

Disease stage

  

0.03

 

0.99

 I-II

90 (43.9%)

252 (53.3%)

 

32 (53.3%)

 

 III-IV

115 (56.1%)

221 (46.7%)

 

28 (46.7%)

 

Tumor grade

  

0.14

 

0.26‡

 G1-2

176 (85.9%)

384 (81.2%)

 

45 (75.0%)

 

 G3

29 (14.1%)

89 (18.8%)

 

15 (25.0%)

Histological type

  

0.001

 

0.007

 Mucinous

69 (33.7%)

100 (21.1%)

 

22 (36.7%)

 

 Ohter

136 (66.3%)

373 (78.9%)

 

38 (63.3%)

MMR status

  

0.87

 

0.30‡

 Proficient

190 (92.7%)

440 (93.0%)

 

53 (88.3%)

 

 Deficient

15 (7.3%)

33 (7.0%)

 

7 (11.7%)

 

Age, y

  

0.59†

 

0.47†

 Mean (SD)

57.6 ± 11.4

57.1 ± 11.5

 

58.3 ± 10.6

 

 Median

59.0

58.0

 

57.5

 

 Range

27.0-84.0

21.0-87.0

 

31.0-77.0

 

Age,y

  

0.86

 

0.09

 <45

31 (15.1%)

69 (14.6%)

 

4 (6.7%)

 

 ≥45

174 (84.9%)

404 (85.4%)

 

56 (93.3%)

 

Tumor size (cm)

  

0.27

 

0.96

 Mean (SD)

4.99 ± 2.13

4.82 ± 1.76

 

4.83 ± 1.92

 

 Median

4.5

4.5

 

4.4

 

 Range

1.5-17.0

1.0-14.0

 

3.5-12.0

 

Tumor size

  

0.77

 

0.28

 <4.5 cm

90 (43.9%)

202 (42.7%)

 

30 (50.0%)

 

 ≥4.5 cm

115 (56.1%)

271 (57.3%)

 

30 (50.0%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: MMR mismatch repair, SD standard deviation, Null neither KRAS nor BRAFV600E mutation.
  2. †Two-sided Kruskal Wallis test.
  3. ‡Two-sided χ2 test with continuity correction.
  4. Others are two-sided χ2 test.