Osteopontin Overexpression Induced Tumor Progression and Chemoresistance to Oxaliplatin through Induction of Stem-Like Properties in Human Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Clinicopathological correlation of OPN overexpression in CRC ().

Clinicopathological features	Category	Number of cases	OPN overexpression; (ΔΔCt) (mean ± SEM)	value
Age	<65; 65	34; 50	−0.613 ± 0.475; −0.767 ± 0.371	0.798
Gender	Male; Female	59; 25	−0.542 ± 0.335; −1.089 ± 0.581	0.394
Tumor size	<5 cm; 5 cm	49; 35	−0.824 ± 0.412; −0.537 ± 0.400	0.630
Histological grade	Well/moderate; Poor/undifferentiated	75; 9	0.599 ± 0.309; −3.024 ± 1.472	0.020
Lymph node metastasis	Absent; Present	37; 47	−0.081 ± 0.422; −1.196 ± 0.390	0.057
Tumor AJCC stage	I to II; III to IV	31; 53	0.219 ± 0.474; −1.245 ± 0.352	0.014
Distant metastasis	Absent; Present	64; 20	−0.427 ± 0.338; −1.594 ± 0.537	0.088