T-regulatory lymphocytes in peripheral blood of gastric and colorectal cancer patients

Table 2 Mean (SD) count of CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ cells

	Colorectal cancer	P1	Gastric cancer	P1	Overall	P1
Overall	15.7 (21.8)		12.2 (14.3)	0.449
Sex		0.779		0.912		0.801
Male	16.9 (25.2)		11.3 (11.9)		14.4 (20.3)
Female	13.5 (14.6)		13.4 (17.5)		13.5 (15.9)
Age (yr)		0.849		0.080		0.309
≤ 65	18.7 (28.5)		10.3 (16.9)		15.0 (24.1)
> 65	12.7 (12.2)		13.7 (12.4)		13.2 (12.2)
Tumor grade		0.501	NA	1.000		0.865
1	16.8 (15.5)				14.9 (15.5)
2 or 3	15.9 (24.8)				15.2 (21.9)
Lymph node metastases		0.210		0.003		0.013
No	19.9 (28.1)		30.3 (27.6)		22.0 (27.7)
Yes	11.0 (10.4)		9.6 (8.0)		10.1 (9.0)
Distant metastases		0.596		0.882		0.447
No	17.6 (24.6)		15.8 (20.4)		17.0 (23.1)
Yes	10.0 (7.8)		9.9 (8.3)		9.9 (8.0)
Stage		0.267		0.195		0.088
I or II	19.9 (28.9)		33.4 (30.9)		22.4 (29.0)
III or IV	10.9 (10.4)		9.4 (7.8)		9.9 (8.9)

¹Mann-Whitney U test. NA: Not applicable.