Research Article

Increased Expression of TRPS1 Affects Tumor Progression and Correlates with Patients' Prognosis of Colon Cancer

Table 1

Correlations of TRPS1 expression with the clinicopathological features of colon cancer.

Clinicopathological
features
No. of cases (%)TRPS1
High (%)Low (%)

Age (years)
 <6041 (41.0)23 (56.1)18 (43.9)NS
 ≥6059 (59.0)33 (55.9)26 (44.1)
Gender
 Female52 (52.0)32 (61.5)20 (38.5)NS
 Male48 (48.0)24 (50.0)24 (50.0)
Tumor size (cm)
 ≤565 (65.0)39 (60.0)26 (40.0)NS
 >535 (35.0)17 (48.6)18 (51.4)
Lymph node metastasis
 Negative46 (46.0)12 (26.1)34 (73.9)0.006
 Positive54 (54.0)44 (81.5)10 (18.5)
Pathological stage
 I33 (33.0)2 (25.5)31 (74.5)0.008
 II51 (51.0)38 (74.5)13 (25.5)
 III16 (16.0)16 (100)0 (0)
Differentiation
 Well16 (16.0)9 (56.3)7 (43.7)NS
 Moderately52 (52.0)27 (51.9)25 (48.1)
 Poorly32 (32.0)20 (62.5)12 (37.5)

Note: “NS” refers to the differences without statistical significance.