Table 3 Correlation of β catenin, E-cadherin and vimentin expression level of tumours and clinical variables
Variable | Total cases(n = 60) | β catenin | P value | E-cadherin | P value | Vimentin | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |||||
Male | 46 | 15 | 31 | 0.085 | 10 | 36 | 1.000 | 34 | 12 | 0.484 |
Female | 14 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | |||
≤ 50 yrs | 40 | 11 | 29 | 1.000 | 12 | 28 | 0.768 | 29 | 11 | 0.347 |
> 50 yrs | 20 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | |||
Tongue | 31 | 8 | 23 | 1.000 | 8 | 23 | 0.535 | 25 | 6 | 0.547 |
Buccal mucosa | 29 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | |||
WDSCC | 38 | 10 | 28 | 0.538 | 6 | 32 | 0.390 | 31 | 7 | 0.200 |
MDSCC | 20 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | |||
PDSCC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
≤ 4 cm | 47 | 12 | 35 | 0.731 | 10 | 37 | 1.000 | 35 | 12 | 0.713 |
> 4 cm | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | |||
Stage I&II | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1.000 | 3 | 19 | 0.338 | 18 | 4 | 0.542 |
Stage III&IV | 38 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 10 | |||