Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2015; 21(5): 1595-1605
Published online Feb 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1595
Table 4 Correlations between KRAS and BRAF status and clinicopathological features n (%)
Clinicopathological featureKRAS
BRAF
Mutant/tested casesP valueMutant/tested casesP value
Gender
Male100/277 (36.1)0.3367/254 (2.8)0.048
Female84/208 (40.4)13/196 (6.6)
Age (yr)
< 5011/50 (22)0.0143/47 (6.4)0.758
≥ 50173/435 (39.8)17/403 (4.2)
Location
Right colon67/161 (41.6)0.31814/146 (9.6)0.001
Left colon50/150 (33.3)3/167 (2.1)
Rectum68/177 (38.4)3/140 (1.8)
Mucin production
With41/108 (38)0.99010/102 (9.8)0.006
Without144/380 (37.9)10/351 (2.8)
Tumor differentiation
Poor25/84 (29.8)0.0917/74 (9.5)0.045
Well-moderate160/404 (39.6)13/379 (3.4)
Tumor stage
I-II85/232 (36.6)0.55310/218 (4.6)0.918
III-IV97/247 (39.3)10/228 (4.4)