Stage-Stratified Analysis of Prognostic Significance of Bax-Interacting Factor-1 Expression in Resected Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Baseline clinicopathological characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer.

Characteristics	Total
	Patient number	%
Patient number	251
Age (years), median (range)	63 (30–83)
<65	115	45.8
≥65	136	54.2
Gender
Male	136	54.2
Female	115	45.8
Histology
Tubular adenocarcinoma	225	89.6
Others*	26	10.4
T stage
1	2	0.8
2	49	19.5
3	154	61.4
4	46	18.3
N stage
0	107	42.6
1	80	31.9
2	64	25.5
Stage
I	37	14.7
II	60	23.9
III	97	38.6
IV	57	22.7
Histological grade
Well/moderately	211	84.1
Poorly	40	15.9
Lymphovascular invasion
Negative	92	36.7
Positive	159	63.3
Site of primary tumor
Right colon	61	24.3
Left colon	84	33.5
Rectum	106	42.3
Curative resection (R0 resection)
Yes	197	78.5
No	54	21.5

∗Mucinous carcinoma (𝑛=25); signet-ring-cell carcinoma (𝑛=1).