Polyisoprenylated Methylated Protein Methyl Esterase Is Both Sensitive to Curcumin and Overexpressed in Colorectal Cancer: Implications for Chemoprevention and Treatment

Table 2

Demographic, histopathological characteristics and the disease states of the 208 donors of the colon tissues used in the tissue microarray studies.

Characteristics	Patients
	𝑛	(%)
Age
≤65 years	152	73.1
>65 years	56	26.9
Sex
Female	68	32.7
Male	140	67.3
Histology
Normal	12	5.8
NAT	4	1.9
Adenocarcinomas	175	84.1
Mucinous adenocarcinoma	15	7.2
Papillary adenoma	1	0.4
Signet ring cell carcinoma	1	0.4
Grade
1	35	16.8
2	101	48.6
2-3	10	4.8
3	22	10.6
Not determined	24	11.5
Pathological stage
I	92	44.2
II	89	42.8
III	6	2.9
IV	5	2.4
Tumor status
1	1	0.4
2	53	25.5
3	90	43.3
4	48	23.1
Nodal status
0	176	84.6
1	13	6.3
2	1	0.4
Metastasis
0	187	89.9
1	4	1.9