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Table 2 Correlation between the clinicopathological features and expression of the CK2α protein.

From: Protein kinase CK2α is overexpressed in colorectal cancer and modulates cell proliferation and invasion via regulating EMT-related genes

  

CK2α (%)

 

Characteristics

N

Low expression

High expression

P

Gender

   

0.646

Male

56

22 (39.3)

34 (60.7)

 

Female

48

21 (43.8)

27 (56.2)

 

Age

   

0.897

≥55 y

54

22 (40.7)

32 (59.3)

 

<55 y

50

21 (42.0)

29 (58.0)

 

Tumor location

   

0.554

Colon

53

21 (39.6)

32 (60.4)

 

Rectum

51

22 (43.1)

29 (56.9)

 

T stage

   

0.002*

T1-T2

49

21 (42.9)

28 (57.1)

 

T3-T4

55

15 (27.2)

40 (72.7)

 

N stage

   

0.515

Nx-0

55

20 (36.4)

35 (63.6)

 

N1-2

49

23 (46.9)

26 (53.1)

 

M stage

   

0.632

M0

60

26 (43.3)

34 (56.7)

 

M1

44

17 (38.6)

27 (61.4)

 

TNM stage

   

0.539

I-II

30

11 (36.7)

19 (63.7)

 

III-IV

74

32 (43.2)

42 (56.8)

 

Degree of differentiation

   

0.632

Well

35

13 (37.1)

22 (62.9)

 

Moderately

45

21 (46.7)

24 (53.3)

 

Poorly

24

9 (37.5)

15 (62.5)

 
  1. *Statistically significant difference.