Identifying Differentially Expressed tRNA-Derived Small Fragments as a Biomarker for the Progression and Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer

Table 2

Association of tRF-VAL-TCA-002 expression with clinical and pathologic features in CRC patients.

Parameter	Total	tRF-VAL-TCA-002
		Low	High
Age (years)				25	0.114
≤50	16	3	13
>50	52	15	37
Gender				0.011	0.917
Female	22	6	16
Male	46	12	34
Tumor size (cm)				1.551	0.213
<4	33	11	22
≥4	35	7	28
Tumor differentiation				2.175	0.014
Well/moderate	37	12	25
Poor	31	6	25
Distant metastasis				6.567	0.01
Negative	28	12	16
Positive	40	6	34
Clinical stage (TNM)				10.55	0.001
I~II	24	12	12
III~IV	44	6	38