The Correlation between Microsatellite Instability and the Features of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer in the North Part of Iran

Table 2

Clinicopathological features of colorectal cancers patients according to site of tumor.

	Left CRC	Right CRC	𝑃 value
	(𝑛=66)	(𝑛=30)	(left versus right)
Age			0.19
Mean ± SD	62.58 ± 13.86	58.4 ± 14.7
Median (range)	64.5 (27–85)	60 (27–85)
Gender (%)			0.43
Male	38 (57.6)	16 (53.3)
Female	28 (42.4)	14 (46.7)
Metastasis of lymph node (%)			0.259
Yes	46 (62.2)	16 (72.7)
No	28 (37.8)	6 (27.3)
Tumor size (%)			0.004*
<20 mm	44 (66.7)	12 (40.0)
20–50 mm	19 (28.8)	12 (40.0)
>50 mm	3 (4.5)	6 (20.0)

CRC: colorectal cancer, SD: standard deviation, 𝑛: number.
*Significant.