To confirm this result, CRC patients whose data were curated in two datasets, i.e., GSE17536 and GSE129451 were first stratified into NPC1L1 low and NPC1L1 high groups; 148 and 29 patients whose data were curated in the GSE17536 dataset were classified as NPC1L1 low and NPC1L1 high, respectively, whereas 48 and 14 patients whose data were curated in the GSE129451 dataset were classified as NPC1L1 low and NPC1L1 high, respectively. The gene discussed is NPC1L1; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.