Research Article

CpG Island Methylator Phenotype and Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer in Northeast China

Table 2

Patient characteristics and phenotypic features of colorectal cancers in tissue by CIMP status.

VariableNumber
()
CIMP-L/0
number (%)
()
CIMP-H
number (%)
()

Age0.77
 <60146126 (51.43)20 (54.05)
 ≥60136119 (48.57)17 (45.95)
Gender0.10
 Female117 97 (39.59)20 (54.05)
 Male165148 (60.41)17 (45.95)
Location0.22
 Proximal 54 42 (17.87)12 (25.53)
 Distal228193 (82.13)35 (74.47)
Differentiation
 Poorly 2315 (6.41)8 (22.22)
 Moderately or
 well
247219 (93.59)28 (77.78)
Mutinous0.91
 Yes 59 51 (20.82)8 (21.62)
 No223194 (79.18)29 (78.38)
Tumor sizes (cm)0.01
 <5150136 (63.55)14 (40.00)
 ≥5 9978 (36.45)21 (60.00)
TNM stage0.02
 I-II 149136 (56.20)13 (36.11)
 III-IV129106 (43.80)23 (63.89)

Fisher exact test.