Table 3

 Clinicopathological features of 73 informative patients with colorectal cancer stratified by nm23-H1 LOH status

Characteristicnm23-H1 LOH
Negative (%) (n = 53)Positive (%) (n = 20)p Value
LOH, loss of heterozygosity.
Age
    <70 years28 (70.0)12 (30.0)
    ⩾70 years22 (73.3)8 (26.7)0.79
Sex
    Male20 (62.5)12 (37.5)
    Female33 (80.5)8 (19.5)0.11
Tumour size
    ⩽5 cm31 (73.8)11 (26.2)
    >5 cm11 (64.7)6 (35.3)0.53
Histological grade (differentiation)
    Well12 (80.0)3 (20.0)
    Moderate13 (72.2)5 (27.8)
    Poor7 (50.0)7 (50.0)0.24
Dukes’s stage
    A12 (80.0)3 (20.0)
    B12 (75.0)4 (25.0)
    C25 (67.6)12 (32.4)0.72