A Pilot Study Investigating the Expression Levels of Pluripotency-Associated Genes in Rectal Swab Samples for Colorectal Polyp and Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of normal, polyp, and CRC patients.

Normal subjects()
Gender	Female	7
	Male	11
Age ()	<65	10
	≥65	8
Polyp subjects()
Gender	Female	6
	Male	11
Age ()	<65	11
	≥65	6
CRC subjects()
Gender	Female	6
	Male	12
Age ()	<65	7
	≥65	11
Location	Proximal colon	5
	Distal colon	7
	Rectum	6
Stage (AJCC)	I	5
	II	8
	III	4
	IV	1
Tumor differentiation	Well	0
	Moderate	16
	Poor	2

No significant difference in gender and age among groups (). Proximal colon = caecum, ascending colon and transverse colon; distal colon = descending colon and sigmoid.