Table 1 Baseline characteristics for training and test sets
| Training set | Test set | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Colorectal carcinoma (n = 149) |
Healthy control (n = 149) | P |
Colorectal carcinoma (n = 67) |
Healthy control (n = 74) | P | |
| Age, years | ||||||
| Mean ± SD | 57.5 ± 9.8 | 56.5 ± 5.6 | 0.26 | 58.1 ± 10.5 | 56.2 ± 4.9 | 0.18 |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.02 | 0.30 | ||||
| Male | 100 (67) | 80 (54) | 43 (64) | 41 (55) | ||
| Female | 49 (33) | 69 (46) | 24 (36) | 33 (45) | ||
| TNM stage (%) | ||||||
| I | 34 (23) | 17 (25) | ||||
| II | 54 (36) | 25 (37) | ||||
| III | 35 (23) | 15 (22) | ||||
| IV | 26 (17) | 10 (15) | ||||