Activation and Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha Are Associated with Tumorigenesis in Colorectal Carcinoma

Table 2

The relationship of PPAR- expression to clinicopathologic parameters of colorectal carcinoma (n=64).

Parameters		Number of	PPAR-α		P-value
		cases	(-)	(+)
Sex
	Male	39	8	31	0.985
	Female	25	6	19
Age
	≤65	31	8	23	0.664
	>65	33	6	27
Histological type
	Well-to-moderately differentiated	52	8	44	0.026
	Mucinous	12	6	6
Lymphatic invasion
	Positive	48	11	37	1.000
	Negative	16	3	13
Venous invasion
	Positive	48	10	38	1.000
	Negative	16	4	12
Lymph node metastasis
	Positive	21	5	16	1.000
	Negative	43	9	34
Depth of invasion
	T0	1	0	1	0.734
	T1	5	0	5
	T2	3	1	2
	T3	34	8	26
	T4	21	5	16
Stage
	0	1	0	1	0.970
	I	7	1	6
	II	34	8	26
	IIIa	17	4	13
	IIIb	4	1	3
	IV	1	0	1