All patients (N = 60)

COX2

p-value

Cyclin D1

p-value

p21

p-value

Low (N = 29)

High (N = 31)

Low (N = 31)

High (N = 29)

Low (N = 29)

High (N = 31)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Sex

Male

36 (60%)

18 (50%)

18 (50%)

0.752

16 (44.4%)

20 (55.6%)

0.170

21 (58.3%)

15 (41.7%)

0.058

Female

24 (40%)

11 (45.8%)

13 (54.2%)

15 (62.5%)

9 (37.5%)

8 (33.3%)

16 (66.7%)

Age (year)

Mean ± SD

58.33 ± 12.27

57.10 ± 11.66

59.48 ± 12.90

0.378Ÿ

56.90 ± 11.74

59.86 ± 12.84

0.355*

59.13 ± 13.90

57.58 ± 10.70

0.627*

Median (Range)

60 (29 - 80)

55 (30 - 80)

62 (29 - 75)

55 (29 - 75)

64 (32 - 80)

60 (29 - 80)

55 (30 - 75)

Initial site

Ascending

19 (31.7%)

4 (21.1%)

15 (78.9%)

0.034

3 (15.8%)

16 (84.2%)

0.001

13 (68.4%)

6 (31.6%)

0.017

Transverse

6 (10%)

3 (50%)

3 (50%)

3 (50%)

3 (50%)

5 (83.3%)

1 (16.7%)

Descending

5 (8.3%)

3 (60%)

2 (40%)

4 (80%)

1 (20%)

2 (40%)

3 (60%)

Rectosigmoid

30 (50%)

19 (63.3%)

11 (36.7%)

21 (70%)

9 (30%)

9 (30%)

21 (70%)

Size

≤5 cm

27 (45%)

22 (81.5%)

5 (18.5%)

<0.001

22 (81.5%)

5 (18.5%)

<0.001

5 (18.5%)

22 (81.5%)

<0.001

> 5 cm

33 (55%)

7

(21.2%)

26 (78.8%)

9 (27.3%)

24 (72.7%)

24 (72.7%)

9(27.3%)

Pathological type

Conventional

52 (86.7%)

28 (53.8%)

24 (46.2%)

0.053

28 (53.8%)

24 (46.2%)

0.465

22 (42.3%)

30 (57.7%)

0.024

Mucoid

8 (13.3%)

1 (12.5%)

7 (87.5%)

3 (37.5%)

5 (62.5%)

7 (87.5%)

1 (12.5%)

Grade

Grade I

13 (21.7%)

13 (100%)

0 (0%)

<0.001§

13 (100%)

0 (0%)

<0.001§

2 (15.4%)

11 (84.6%)

<0.001§

Grade II

31 (51.7%)

14 (45.2%)

17 (54.8%)

13 (41.9%)

18 (58.1%)

14 (45.2%)

17 (54.8%)

Grade III

16 (26.7%)

2 (12.5%)

14 (87.5%)

5 (31.3%)

11 (68.8%)

13 (81.3%)

3 (18.8%)

T

T1

9 (15%)

9 (100%)

0 (0%)

<0.001§

9 (100%)

0 (0%)

<0.001§

0 (0%)

9 (100%)

<0.001§

T2

14 (23.3%)

10 (71.4%)

4 (28.6%)

11 (78.6%)

3 (21.4%)

4 (28.6%)

10 (71.4%)

T3

12 (20%)

4 (33.3%)

8 (66.7%)

5 (41.7%)

7 (58.3%)

6 (50%)

6 (50%)

T4

25 (41.7%)

6 (24%)

19 (76%)

6 (24%)

19 (76%)

19 (76%)

6 (24%)

LN metastasis

Node negative

26 (43.3%)

22 (84.6%)

4 (15.4%)

<0.001

21 (80.8%)

5 (19.2%)

<0.001

5 (19.2%)

21 (80.8%)

<0.001

Node positive

34 (56.7%)

7 (20.6%)

27 (79.4%)

10 (29.4%)

24 (70.6%)

24 (70.6%)

10 (29.4%)

Distant metastasis

Absent

43 (71.7%)

27 (62.8%)

16 (37.2%)

<0.001

26 (60.5%)

17 (39.5%)

0.030

15 (34.9%)

28 (65.1%)

0.001

Present

17 (28.3%)

2 (11.8%)

15 (88.2%)

5 (29.4%)

12 (70.6%)

14 (82.4%)

3 (17.6%)

Duke’s stage

Stage A

14 (23.3%)

14 (100%)

0 (0%)

<0.001§

14 (100%)

0 (0%)

<0.001§

2 (14.3%)

12 (85.7%)

<0.001§

Stage B

11 (18.3%)

7 (63.6%)

4 (36.4%)

6 (54.5%)

5 (45.5%)

3 (27.3%)

8 (72.7%)