Table 2

Patient characteristics and enzymes activities

Factor
n
TS activity Tumor: Normal colon
DPDS activity Tumor: Normal colon
OPRT activity Tumor: Normal colon

Mean Age:
40
10.8 ± 8.0 2.1 ± 1.2
28.1 ± 24.0 29.9 ± 14.6
0.50 ± 0.11 0.23 ± 0.07
Age:




     young < 69
24
11.6 ± 8.7 2.6 ± 0.8
30.5 ± 28.9 28.6 ± 14.8
0.54 ± 0.10 0.20 ± 0.09
     Old > 70
16
10.0 ± 8.1 1.6 ± 1.8
27.2 ± 20.7 30.7 ± 12.1
0.48 ± 0.14 0.25 ± 0.05
Gender:




     male
23
12.1 ± 9.8 2.2 ± 1.4
25.8 ± 27.7 28.8 ± 15.8
0.54 ± 0.13 0.20 ± 0.09
     Female
17
9.9 ± 9.5 2.0 ± 1.1
32.3 ± 21.3 30.6 ± 11.2
0.49 ± 0.12 0.24 ± 0.07
Histological type




     Well
22
11.90 ± 5.6 2.3 ± 1.0
26.9 ± 21.8 31.8 ± 15.9
0.56 ± 0.12 0.20 ± 0.11
     Moderately
18
10.0 ± 11.8 1.9 ± 1.5
30.5 ± 25.9 27.6 ± 11.8
0.45 ± 0.14 0.23 ± 0.05
Nodal status




     N(-)
22
9.5 ± 10.2 2.7 ± 1.8
27.9 ± 27.8 32.0 ± 12.1
0.65 ± 0.11* 0.22 ± 0.08
     N(+)
18
12.5 ± 6.9 1.5 ± 0.8
30.0 ± 22.8 26.5 ± 17.2
0.41 ± 0.13* 0.23 ± 0.07
Tumor depth




     s.s.
26
10.0 ± 6.7 1.9 ± 0.9
27.5 ± 19.8 32.8 ± 11.5
0.54 ± 0.13 0.23 ± 0.08
     s.e.
14
12.1 ± 9.8 2.3 ± 1.8
29.2 ± 29.7 26.1 ± 15.3
0.48 ± 0.11 0.23 ± 0.08
Tumor size




     > 5.0 cm
27
9.5 ± 6.6 2.6 ± 1.0
27.7 ± 27.8 35.7 ± 19.9
0.54 ± 0.13 0.22 ± 0.07
     < 4.9 cm
13
12.5 ± 9.5 1.7 ± 1.9
30.9 ± 20.8 23.9 ± 9.9
0.48 ± 0.12 0.23 ± 0.09

s.s.: histological tumor invasion of subserosa, s.e.: histological tumor invasion of serosa

*P < 0.05 (p mol/min/mg-protein)

Values represent mean ± SD.

Ishikawa et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:188   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-188