Expression and significance of CD44s, CD44v6, and nm23 mRNA in human cancer

Table 1 Relationship between expression of CD44s, CD44v6, nm23 mRNA and pathologic feature of human colorectal adenocarcinoma

Pathologic	n	CD44s		CD44v6		nm23 mRNA
feature		Positive (%)	P	Positive (%)	P	Positive (%)	P
Grade			>0.05		<0.05a		>0.05
II	16	7(43.7)		11(68.7)		8(50.0)
I	24	10(41.6)		11(45.8)		10(41.6)
Invasion			<0.01b		<0.01b		<0.05C
+	17	11(64.7)		12(70.5)		5(29.4)
–	23	6(26)		10(43.4)		13(56.5)
Metastasis			<0.0d		<0.05e		<0.05e
+	14	9(64.2)		10(71.4)		4(28.5)
–	26	8(30.7)		12(46.1)		4(53.8)
Age/yr			>0.05		>0.05		>0.05
>60	19	8(42.1)		10(52.6)		8(42.1)
<60	21	9(42.8)		12(57.1)		10(47.6)
Sex			>0.05		>0.05		>0.05
M	26	10(38.4)		14(53.8)		12(46.1)
F		7(50)		8(57.1)		6(42.8)
Normal		4(18.1)		0(0)		9(40.9)

^aP<0.05 vs poorly differentiated colorectal adenocarcinoma; ^cP<0.05,

^bP<0.01 vs without invasion;

^eP<0.05,

^dP<0.01 vs without metastasis.