SNORD15B and SNORA5C: Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Correlations between SNORD15B expression and clinicopathological parameters.

Characteristics	Case	SNORD15B expression^#
		Low	High
Sex				0.037	0.847
Female	206	102	104
Male	224	113	111
Age (yr)				9.076	0.003
≤70	230	130	100
>70	198	83	115
TNM stage (AJCC)				0.228	0.633
Stage I/II	238	116	122
Stage III/IV	186	95	91
Lymphatic invasion				3.901	0.048
Negative	236	129	107
Positive	151	67	84
Venous invasion				0.056	0.813
Negative	278	141	137
Positive	94	49	45
History of colon polyps				17.532	< 0.001
Negative	239	132	107
Positive	122	39	83

AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer. ^#Cutoff threshold of SNORD15B expression was median value in all patients in this cohort. .