Human cytomegalovirus-encoded US28 may act as a tumor promoter in colorectal cancer

Table 1 Relationship between US28 expression and clinicopathological features

Clinicopathological feature	Parameter	US28		P value
		Low	High
Age	≥ 60	36	19	0.339
	< 60	27	21
Sex	Male	35	21	0.762
	Female	28	19
Tumor site	Colon	41	24	0.603
	Rectum	22	16
Histologic grade	High	29	5	0.001
	Moderate to low	34	35
Metastasis	Yes	23	25	0.010
	No	40	15
Dukes’stage	A-B	40	15	0.010
	C-D	23	25
Survival	Month	55.5 ± 1.4	47.4 ± 2.4	0.003