High Expression of LTBP2 Contributes to Poor Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Correlates with the Mesenchymal Colorectal Cancer Subtype

Table 1

LTBP2 protein expression in CRC tissues and other tissues.

Feature		LTBP2			value
		Low or no expression	High expression
Chronic colitis	23	22 (95.7%)	1 (4.3%)
Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia	44	41 (93.2%)	3 (6.8%)
High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia	22	17 (77.3%)	5 (22.7%)
Cancer	204	146 (71.6%)	58 (28.4%)
Surgical margin^a	190	177 (93.2%)	13 (6.8%)
Total	483	403 (83.4%)	80 (16.6%)	39.896	<0.001

^aEpithelium without intraepithelial neoplasia from colorectal cancer. .