Aberrant methylation and microRNA-target regulation are associated with downregulated NEURL1B: a diagnostic and prognostic target in colon cancer

Table1 Clinical association between NEURL1B expression and clinicopathological variables in CC patients

Variable	Number	NEURL1B expression		χ²-test	Correlation
Variable	Number	Low	High	P-value	r	P-value
Age	279				0.034	0.573
≥ 60	187	88	99	0.573
< 60	92	40	52
Gender	279				0.055	0.358
Male	153	74	79	0.358
Female	126	54	72
Tumor stage	279				0.012	0.838
T2–4	273	125	148	0.838
T1	6	3	3
Lymph metastasis	279				0.047	0.433
Yes	116	50	66	0.433
No	163	78	85
Distant metastasis	275				0.071	0.237
Yes	90	36	54	0.237
No	185	88	97
Clinical stage	271				0.002	0.980
II–IV	226	105	121	0.980
I	45	21	24

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