Table 2

 Survival of 102 patients with colorectal cancer stratified by clinicopathological features and nm23-H1 staining

CharacteristicNumber of cases5 year survival (%)Regression analysis
Relative risk of deathp Value
Age
    <70 years6858.821
    ≥70 years3450.001.320.378
Sex
    Male6253.231
    Female4060.001.190.577
Tumour size
    ⩽5 cm7062.861
    >5 cm3240.631.740.072
Histological grade (differentiation)
    Well1782.351
    Moderate5162.752.18
    Poor3432.355.710.0055
Dukes’s stage
    A2986.211
    B4560.003.13
    C2817.8610.830.00001
nm23-H1 staining
    Absent4254.761
    Present6056.671.120.712