Association between colorectal cancer and Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bacteroides fragilis bacteria in Iranian patients: a preliminary study

Table 3 Correlation between bacterial population, clinicopathological parameters, and molecular features

Spearman’s rho	*F. nucleatum*	*B. fragilis*	*S. gallolyticus*	EPEC
Age	0.18	0.21	0.31	0.33
Sex	0.09	0.12	0.25	0.54
Tumor location	0.06	0.25	0.48	0.51
Tumor size	0.07	0.13	0.25	0.31
Disease stage
Tumor infiltration	0.19	0.25	0.30	0.52
Lymphatic metastasis	0.11	0.08	0.29	0.46
TNM staging	0.11	0.25	0.31	0.41
KRAS mutation	0.02*	0.19	0.54	0.25
BRAF mutation	0.10	0.30	0.91	0.86
PIK3CA mutation	0.12	0.48	0.88	0.91

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