Synaptophysin-like 2 expression correlates with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in colorectal cancer patients

Table 1 Correlation between synaptophysin-like 2 level and clinicopathological characteristics in colorectal cancer

Characteristics	SYPL2 level		P value
	Low (n = 285)	High (n = 286)
Age (yr)	68.00 ± 12.14	65.31 ± 13.37	0.1148
Gender
Female	125	128	0.8273
Male	145	143
Unknow	20	15
T
T1 + T2	61	37	0.0140a
T3 + T4	179	192
Unknow	45	57
N
N0	153	123	0.0312a
N1-2	87	105
Unknow	45	56
M
M0	185	164	0.0955
M1	29	39
Unknow	71	83
AJCC stage
I-II	146	114	0.0228a
III-IV	88	106
Unknow	51	66

^aP < 0.05.

AJCC: American Joint Commission on Cancer; SYPL2: Synaptophysin-like 2.