Research Article

Differences in Protein Expression and Gene Amplification of Cyclins between Colon and Rectal Adenocarcinomas

Table 5

Gene amplification. Variables that showed a significant difference between rectal cancers and colon cancers (results of binary logistic regression analysis on 403 patients).

VariableHighest in rectum or colonP-valueOR95% CI for OR

Cyclin A2 amplificationRectum 23.286[7.316; 74.119]
Cyclin B1 amplificationRectumP = .0088.056[1.718; 37.781]
Cyclin D1 amplificationColon 0.005[0.001; 0.017]
Cyclin E amplificationRectum 5.248[2.417; 11.395]
Age at surgeryColonP = .0170.955[0.919; 0.992]