High Expression of RARβ Is a Favorable Factor in Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Correlation of RARβ expression with clinicopathological characteristics in patients with colorectal cancer.

RARβ	n	Low or no expression	High expression	Pearson χ^2
Total	117	81 (69.20)	36 (30.80)
Gender				3.926	0.048
Male	74	56 (75.70)	18 (24.30)
Female	43	25 (58.10)	18 (41.90)
Age at diagnosis (years)				0.202	0.653
≤60	42	28 (66.70)	14 (33.30)
>60	75	53 (70.70)	22 (29.30)
Tumor diameter (cm)				0.396	0.529
≤2	9	7 (77.80)	2 (22.20)
>2	105	71 (67.60)	34 (32.40)
	3^a
Differentiation				5.978	0.014
Well	95	61 (64.20)	34 (35.80)
Poor	22	20 (90.90)	2 (9.10)
Lymph node metastasis				3.772	0.052
No metastasis	69	43 (62.30)	26 (37.70)
Metastasis	48	38 (79.20)	10 (20.80)
Distant metastasis (M)				0.590	0.442
No metastasis	111	76 (68.50)	35 (31.50)
Metastasis	6	5 (83.30)	1 (16.70)
Stage grouping with TNM				6.642	0.036
Stage I	29	15	14
Stage II	39	27	12
Stage III-IV	49	39	10

^aImmeasurable tumor diameter, 3 cases; .