01 August 2020 : Clinical Research
Streptococcus bovis Contributes to the Development of Colorectal Cancer via Recruiting CD11b⁺TLR-4⁺ Cells
Qun Deng1ABCDEFG*, Changjian Wang2BC, Kailin Yu3DE, Yahui Wang1EF, Qinyan Yang2CD, Jingjing Zhang1FG, Xiaoping Xu4AGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.921886
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e921886
Table 1 Relationship between abundance of Streptococcus bovis and clinicopathological characteristics of CRC patients.
| N | Abundance of Streptococcus bovis | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (16) | High (16) | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0.154 |
| Female | 14 | 5 | 9 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≥60 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0.280 |
| <60 | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| Tumor size | ||||
| ≥4 cm | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0.028* |
| <4 cm | 20 | 13 | 7 | |
| TNM | ||||
| I–II | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.033* |
| III | 18 | 6 | 12 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| No | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0.077 |
| Yes | 15 | 5 | 10 | |
| Tumor site | 0.404 | |||
| Transverse colon | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Descending colon | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Rectum | 17 | 7 | 10 | |
| Data are analyzed by chi-square test. * | ||||