Table 1.

Relationship between CENPO expression and tumor characteristics in patients with lung cancer

Features	No. of patients	CENPO expression		p value
		Low	High
All patients	75	39	36
Age (years)				0.100
≤ 62	39	17	22
> 62	35	22	13
Gender				0.343
Male	69	37	32
Female	6	2	4
Tumor size				0.132
< 5 cm	36	22	14
≥ 5 cm	39	17	22
Lymph node positive				0.073
= 0	46	28	18
> 0	28	11	17
Grade				0.247
I	2	1	1
II	53	30	23
III	20	8	12
Stage				0.001**
1	28	21	7
2	25	12	13
3	22	6	16
T Infiltrate				0.220
T1	7	3	4
T2	51	25	26
T3	16	10	6
T4	1	1	0
Lymphatic metastasis (N)				0.821
N0	46	28	18
N1	11	7	4
N2	6	3	3

**P < 0.01