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Table 2 Tumour characteristics

From: The colorectal cancer-associated faecal microbiome of developing countries resembles that of developed countries

 

Argentina n = 10

Chile n = 11

India n = 10

Vietnam n = 10

Tumour locationa

 Caecum or ascending colon

5

5

2

0

 Transverse colon

0

0

0

1

 Descending colon

0

0

0

1

 Sigmoid colon or rectum

4

6

8

8

 Data not available

1

0

0

0

Maximum tumour size in one direction

 Median (cm) (range)

4 (0.7–7)

6 (2.5–11)

5 (3–5.5)

4 (3–5)

 Data not available

2

0

7

0

 Kruskal Wallis ANOVA p = 2.9 × 10−2 Post-hoc Dunn significant pairwise differences (Benjamini-Hochberg FDR adjusted): Chile vs Vietnam p = 3.5 × 10−2

Tumour stage (TNM8)a

 T1

0

2

0

0

 T2

1

1

4

0

 T3

8

8

4

0

 T4

0

0

0

10

 Data not available

1

0

2

0

  1. aTumour location and stage have not been tested for heterogeneity due to small numbers