High patatin like phospholipase domain containing 8 expression as a biomarker for poor prognosis of colorectal cancer

Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of the colorectal cancer patients in this study

Clinicopathologic parameters	n	Percentage (%)
All patients	751	100.0
Age in yr
≤ 60	348	46.3
> 60	403	53.7
Sex
Male	453	60.3
Female	298	39.7
CEA in ng/mL
≤ 5	396	52.7
> 5	355	47.3
CA199 in U/mL
≤ 37	607	80.8
> 37	144	19.2
Tumor location
Right-sided colon	209	27.8
Left-sided colon	200	26.6
Rectum	342	45.6
Tumor size in cm
≤ 4.0	428	57.0
> 4.0	323	43.0
Primary histological type
Non-mucinous	640	85.2
Mucinous	111	14.8
Primary differentiation
Well/moderate	497	66.2
Poor/anaplastic	254	33.8
T stage
T1	24	3.2
T2	132	17.6
T3	354	47.1
T4	241	32.1
N stage
N0	410	54.6
N1	231	30.8
N2	110	14.6
Vascular invasion
No	655	87.2
Yes	96	12.8
Nerve invasion
No	695	92.5
Yes	56	7.5
M stage
M0	554	73.8
M1	197	26.2

CA199: Carbohydrate antigen 19-9; CEA: Carcinoembryonic antigen; M: Presence of metastasis; N: Extent of tumor spread to the lymph nodes; T: Extent of the tumor (the size of the tumor and any spread of tumor into nearby tissue).