Decreased fragile histidine triad expression in colorectal cancer and its association with apoptosis inhibition

Table 1 Expression of FHIT and clinical or pathological factors

	n	FHIT expression		χ2	P
		Positive	Negative
Age
< 60	34	16	18	0.16	0.901
≥ 60	46	21	25
Sex
M	42	19	23	0.04	0.849
F	38	18	20
Differentiated
Well	16	12	4	4.84	0.028
Moderately	44	20	24
Poorly	20	5	15
Dukes
A, B	45	27	18	7.82	0.005
C, D	35	10	25
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	16	11	5	4.07	0.006
Negative	64	26	38
Survival
≥ 5 yr	35	23	12	5.77	0.016
< 5 yr	18	5	13