Table 3 Associations between TBA level and clinical characteristics in CRC patients
Variable | TBA group | Statistics | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low TBA (n), % | High TBA (n), % | ||||
Sex | Male | 699 (57.6) | 168 (64.4) | 4.031 | 0.045 |
Femal | 514 (42.4) | 93 (35.6) | |||
Age | 58.11 ± 12.14 | 57.87 ± 12.41 | 0.287 | 0.774 | |
Somking | Yes | 246 (20.3) | 57 (21.8) | 0.32 | 0.572 |
No | 967 (79.7) | 204 (78.2) | |||
Tumor history | Yes | 134 (11.1) | 22 (8.4) | 1.555 | 0.212 |
No | 1079 (88.9) | 239 (91.6) | |||
Obstruction | Obstruction | 1.617 | 0.203 | ||
Yes | 189 (15.6) | 49 (18.8) | |||
No | 1024 (84.4) | 212 (81.2) | |||
Tumor size (cm) | 4.22 ± 2.12 | 4.07 ± 1.93 | 1.068 | 0.286 | |
Tumor location | Right colon | 363 (29.9) | 88 (33.7) | 1.893 | 0.388 |
Left colon | 234 (19.3) | 52 (19.9) | |||
Rectum | 616 (50.8) | 121 (46.4) | |||
Differentiation (%) | Well | 176 (14.5) | 45 (17.2) | 2.653 | 0.265 |
Moderate | 955 (78.7) | 204 (78.2) | |||
Poor | 82 (6.8) | 12 (4.6) | |||
T stage (%) | T1 | 92 (7.6) | 16 (6.1) | 6.484 | 0.09 |
T2 | 204 (16.8) | 35 (13.4) | |||
T3 | 650 (53.6) | 135 (51.7) | |||
T4 | 267 (22.0) | 75 (28.7) | |||
N stage (%) | N0 | 703 (58.0) | 141 (54.0) | 1.449 | 0.484 |
N1 | 305 (25.1) | 70 (26.8) | |||
N2 | 205 (16.9) | 50 (19.2) | |||
TNM stage (%) | I | 170 (14.0) | 27 (10.3) | 12.202 | 0.007 |
II | 418 (34.5) | 84 (32.2) | |||
III | 481 (39.7) | 99 (37.9) | |||
IV | 144 (11.8) | 51 (19.5) | |||
Perineural invasion (%) | Yes | 264 (21.8) | 55 (21.1) | 0.061 | 0.806 |
No | 949 (78.2) | 206 (78.9) | |||
Vascular invasion (%) | Yes | 213 (17.6) | 52 (19.9) | 0.814 | 0.367 |
No | 1000 (82.4) | 209 (80.1) | |||
Chemotherapy (%) | Yes | 657 (54.2) | 125 (47.9) | 3.391 | 0.066 |
No | 556 (45.8) | 136 (52.1) | |||