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Table 3 Association between expression of Cks1 and p27KIP1 and clinical pathological features of patients with NPC

From: Increased expression of Cks1 protein is associated with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Characteristics

Cks1

p27kip1

P (%)

N (%)

p-value

P (%)

N (%)

p-value

Age (yr)

  ≤ 50 (n = 101)

73 (72.3)

28 (27.7)

.859

15 (14.9)

86 (85.1)

.382

  > 50 (n = 67)

50 (74.6)

17 (25.4)

 

8 (11.9)

59 (88.1)

 

Gender

 Female (n = 41)

32 (78)

9 (22)

.421

4 (9.8)

37 (90.2)

.399

 Male (n = 127)

91 (71.7)

36 (28.3)

 

19 (15.0)

108 (85.0)

 

Histological Type

 DNC (n = 14)

11 (78.6)

3 (21.4)

.636

3 (21.4)

11 (78.6)

.379

 UDNC (n = 154)

112 (72.7)

42 (27.3)

 

20 (13.0)

134 (87.0)

 

Clinical Stage

 Stage I-II (n =45)

30 (66.7)

15 (33.3)

.246

5 (11.1)

40 (88.9)

.556

 Stage III-IV (n =123)

93 (75.6)

30 (24.4)

 

18 (14.6)

113 (78.6)

 

LN Status

 LNM (n = 125)

111 (88.8)

14 (11.2)

.007*

16 (12.3)

109 (87.2)

.567

 No LNM (n = 43)

30 (69.8)

13 (30.2)

 

7 (16.3)

36 (83.7)

 

Survival Status

 Alive (n = 94)

57 (60.6)

37 (39.4)

.000*

13 (13.8)

81 (862)

.953

 Dead (n =74)

66 (89.2)

8 (10.8)

 

23 (13.7)

145 (86.3)

 
  1. Abbreviations: DNKC differentiated non-keratinized nasopharyngeal carcinoma, UDNC undifferentiated non-keratinized nasopharyngeal carcinoma, LN lymph node, LNM lymph node metastasis, P positive, N negative
  2. Note: chi-square test, *: p < 0.05