Research Article

Loss of Villin Immunoexpression in Colorectal Carcinoma Is Associated with Poor Differentiation and Survival

Table 4

Distribution of villin-positive immunoexpression in relation to clinicopathological characteristics.

Number (%)Mean (SEM) value

Age
 >60 years38/45 (84.4%)16.24 (2.13)0.558
 ≥60 years41/48 (85.4%)18.33 (2.16)
Sex
 Male35/44 (79.5%)15.8 (2.26)0.270
 Female44/49 (89.8%)18.69 (2.04)
Tumour location
 Right colon25/30 (83.3%)17.6 (2.33)0.891*
 Left colon21/26 (80.8%)16.69 (3.16)
 Rectum34/37 (91.9%)17.54 (2.51)
Tumour size
 <5 cm27/29 (93.1%)20.21 (2.96)0.042
 ≥5 cm17/24 (70.8%)12.42 (2.38)
Primary tumour
 T210/12 (83.3%)14.33 (4.303)0.120*
 T39/10 (90%)24.3 (4.41)
 T425/31 (80.6%)15.129 (2.56)
Tumour grade
 Well differentiated22/25 (88%)20.20 (14.99)0.035*
 Moderately differentiated52/63 (82.5%)16.95 (14.39)
 Poorly differentiated3/5 (60%)3.6 (4.62)
Nodal metastasis
 Positive24/31 (77.4%)14.19 (13.11)0.229
 Negative22/24 (91.7%)18.63 (15.46)
Lymphovascular invasion
 Positive6/7 (85.7%)12.29 (3.39)0.729
 Negative38/46 (82.6%)16.913 (2.22)
Margin status
 Involved4/6 (66.7%)20.33 (7.63)0.651
 Free40/47 (85.1%)15.79 (2.04)
Recurrence
 Recurrence27/30 (90%)19.36 (2.6)0.474
 No recurrence29/33 (87.9%)16.8 (2.58)
Status at end point
 Died of disease21/23 (91.3%)18.22 (3.11)0.748
 Alive58/70 (82.6%)16.74 (1.74)

The Mann-Whitney test; *The Kruskal-Wallis test; SEM: standard error of the mean.