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Table 1 Analysis of the association between expression of Mcl-1 and Ki-67 PI and c-PARP AI and clinicopathological features of NSCLC (n = 350)

From: Elevated expression of mcl-1 inhibits apoptosis and predicts poor prognosis in patients with surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer

Clinicopathological features (n)

Mcl-1

PI

AI

Mcl-1/PI #

Mcl-1/AI#

High (%)

Low (%)

P-value

High (%)

Low (%)

P-value

High (%)

Low (%)

P-value

P+ (%)

N− (%)

P-value

P+ (%)

N− (%)

P-value

Age (years)

  ≤ 50 (n = 95)

62 (65.3)

33 (34.7)

 

52 (54.7)

43 (45.3)

 

37 (38.9)

58 (61.1)

 

34 (35.8)

61 (64.2)

 

42 (44.2)

53 (55.8)

 

 >50 (n = 255)

164 (64.3)

91 (35.7)

.901

160 (62.7)

95 (37.3)

0.178

112 (43.9)

143 (56.1)

0.466

115 (45.1)

140 (54.9)

0.114

103 (40.4)

152 (59.6)

0.543

Gender

 Male (n = 266)

171 (64.3)

95 (35.7)

 

172 (64.7)

94 (35.3)

 

127 (47.7)

139 (52.3)

 

121 (45.5)

145 (54.5)

 

102 (38.3)

164 (61.7)

 

 Female (n = 84)

55 (65.5)

29 (34.5)

0.896

40 (47.6)

44 (52.4)

0.007*

22 (26.2)

62 (73.8)

0.001*

28 (33.3)

56 (66.7)

0.058

43 (51.2)

41 (48.8)

0.042*

Clinical stages

 Stage I-II (n = 151)

91 (60.3)

60 (39.7)

 

95 (62.1)

56 (37.1)

 

69 (45.7)

82 (54.3)

 

61 (40.4)

90 (59.6)

 

56 (37.1)

95 (62.9)

 

 Stage III (n = 199)

135 (67.8)

64 (32.2)

0.145

117 (58.8)

82 (41.2)

0.442

80 (40.2)

119 (59.8)

0.327

88 (44.2)

111 (55.8)

0.513

89 (44.7)

110 (55.3)

0.156

LN status

 LNM (n = 210)

137 (65.2)

73 (34.8)

 

127 (60.5)

83 (39.5)

 

86 (41.0)

124 (59.0)

 

90 (42.9)

120 (57.1)

 

97 (43.3)

119 (56.7)

 

 No LNM (n = 140)

89 (63.6)

51 (36.4)

0.820

85 (60.7)

55 (39.3)

1.000

63 (45.0)

77 (55.0)

0.508

59 (42.1)

81 (57.9)

0.913

54 (38.6)

86 (61.4)

0.438

Histological type

 SCC (N = 154)

85 (55.2)

69 (44.8)

 

113 (73.4)

41 (26.6)

 

95 (66.7)

59 (83.3)

 

71 (46.1)

83 (53.9)

 

37 (24.0)

117 (76.0)

 

 ADC (N = 196)

142 (71.9)

55 (28.1)

0.002*

99 (50.5)

97 (49.5)

0.000*

54 (27.6)

142 (72.4)

0.000*

78 (39.8)

118 (60.2)

0.276

108 (55.1)

88 (44.9)

0.000*

Pathological grade

 Well (n = 6)

6 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

 

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

 

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

 

5 (83.3)

1 (16.7)

 

 Moderate (n = 146)

94 (66.4)

52 (35.6)

 

88 (60.3)

58 (39.7)

 

61 (41.8)

85 (58.2)

 

58 (39.7)

88 (60.3)

 

65 (44.5)

81 (55.5)

 

 Poor (n = 198)

126 (63.6)

72 (36.4)

0.185

122 (61.6)

76 (38.4)

0.375

87 (43.9)

111 (56.1)

0.399

89 (44.9)

109 (55.1)

0.562

75 (37.9)

123 (62.1)

0.051

Survival status

 Alive (n = 187)

105 (56.1)

82 (43.9)

 

113 (60.4)

74 (39.6)

 

97 (51.9)

90 (48.1)

 

65 (34.8)

122 (65.2)

 

60 (32.1)

127 (67.9)

 

 Dead (n = 163)

121 (74.2)

42 (25.8)

0.000*

99 (60.7)

64 (39.3)

1.000

52 (31.9)

111 (68.1)

0.000*

84 (51.5)

79 (48.5)

0.002*

85 (52.1)

78 (47.9)

0.000*

  1. *Chi-square test, statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). Abbreviations: LNM lymph node metastasis, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, Mcl-1/PI#P+, common high expression of Mcl-1 and Ki-67 PI, P−, either low expression of the two proteins, Mcl-1/AI#P+ high expression of Mcl-1 and low c-PARP AI P−, other combination of expression of this two proteins