Rab27b Is a Potential Predictor for Metastasis and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Correlation of Rab27b expression with clinicopathological characteristics of 113 CRC patients.

Groups	Number	Rab27b			value
		+	%
Gender
Male	73	36	49.3	2.98	0.085
Female	40	13	32.5
Age (years)
≥60	75	35	46.7	0.99	0.319
<60	38	14	36.8
Tumor size (cm)
≥5	47	24	51.1	2.33	0.127
<5	63	23	36.5
Insufficient data	3	2
Tumor location
Colon	57	30	52.6	4.16	0.125
Rectum	52	18	34.6
Ileocecal junction	4	1	25.0
Histological type
Adenocarcinoma	103	43	41.7	1.24	0.266
Nonadenocarcinoma	10	6	60.0
Tumor differentiation
Well	1	0	0.0	0.98	0.613
Moderate	93	41	44.1
Poor	14	7	50.0
Insufficient data	5	1
Serum CEA level (ng/mL)
≥15	12	9	75.0	8.31	0.004^*
<15	73	23	31.5
Insufficient data	28	17
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	44	28	63.6	12.06	0.001^*
Negative	69	21	30.4
Distant metastasis
Positive	5	5	100.0	6.83	0.009^*
Negative	108	44	40.7
TNM stage
Stages I, II	65	19	29.2	12.44	0.001^*
Stages III, IV	48	30	62.5

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