Are High Levels of Microsatellite Instability and Microsatellite Stability Identical in DNA Mismatch Repair-Deficient Colorectal Cancer Patients?

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of CRC patients.

Characteristics	No. 75
MSI-H/MSS	55/20
Sex (male/female)	38/37
Age (mean ± SD) (years)	62.8 ± 14.0
BMI preoperative (mean ± SD) (kg/m^2)	22.6 ± 2.7
Smoking	27
Drinking	23
Family history	5
ASA (1/2/3)	52/17/6
Tumor site (colon/rectum)	61/14
TNM stage (I/II/III/IV)	13/43/18/1
Lymphatic metastasis	17
KRAS gene	21
BRAF gene	10
Maximum diameter of tumor (mean ± SD) (cm)	5.3 ± 2.4
Recurrence	7/68
CA-199 (mean ± SD) (μ/ml)	59.9 ± 263.4
CA-724 (mean ± SD) (μ/ml)	7.4 ± 10.1
CEA (mean ± SD) (ng/ml)	12.5 ± 26.8
CD3+ (mean ± SD) (/μl)	1001.3 ± 395.5
CD4+ (mean ± SD) (/μl)	598.9 ± 267.5
CD8+ (mean ± SD) (/μl)	353.4 ± 165