Table 2.
Relationship between PHF5A expression and tumor characteristics in patients with esophagus cancer
| Features | No. of patients | PHF5A expression | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| low | high | |||
| All patients | 90 | 46 | 44 | |
| Age (years) | 0.143 | |||
| ≤ 64 | 46 | 27 | 19 | |
| > 64 | 44 | 19 | 25 | |
| Gender | 0.529 | |||
| Male | 72 | 38 | 34 | |
| Female | 18 | 8 | 10 | |
| Lymph node positive | 0.403 | |||
| ≤ 1 | 47 | 26 | 21 | |
| > 1 | 41 | 19 | 22 | |
| Tumor size | 1.000 | |||
| ≤ 5 cm | 46 | 23 | 23 | |
| > 5 cm | 34 | 17 | 17 | |
| Grade | 0.155 | |||
| I | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| II | 49 | 22 | 27 | |
| III | 25 | 17 | 8 | |
| AJCC Stage | 0.074 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | 30 | 19 | 11 | |
| 3 | 33 | 12 | 21 | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tumor Infiltrate | < 0.05 | |||
| T0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| T1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| T2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
| T3 | 39 | 21 | 18 | |
| T4 | 11 | 3 | 8 | |
| Lymphatic metastasis (N) | 0.293 | |||
| N0 | 30 | 19 | 11 | |
| N1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | |
| N2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
| N3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | |