STAT3 exerts pro-tumor and anti-autophagy roles in cervical cancer

Diagnostic Pathology

Table 1 The correlation between STAT3 and clinicopathological characteristics

Clinicopathological factors	n	Positive	Negative	χ²	p
Age (years)
< 45	18	14	4	–	0.613^a
≥ 45	28	22	6	–	0.613^a
Histological type
Squamous	40	33	7	–	0.107^a
Noun-squamous	6	3	3	–	0.107^a
Tumor differentiation degree
Low	31	25	6	–	0.706^a
Noun-low	15	11	4	–	0.706^a
FIGO Stage
IA-IB	21	13	8	4.271	0.039
IIA-IVB	25	22	3	4.271	0.039
Tumor size (cm)
≤ 4	30	21	9	–	0.064^a
> 4	16	15	1	–	0.064^a
Lymph node metastasis
YES	8	4	4	–	0.055^a
NO	38	32	6	–	0.055^a
Vascular infiltration
YES	10	8	2	–	0.553^a
NO	36	27	9	–	0.553^a

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