Table 2 .

Clinicopathological features of OSCC patients and their relationship with CMTM6 expression (n = 45)

Characteristics	Cases	CMTM6		p value
		Higher (≥ 50%)	Lower (< 50%)
Age (years)
< 60	23	18	5	0.780
≥ 60	22	17	5
Gender
Female	16	14	2	0.244
Male	29	21	8
Tumor size
T1–T2	16	9	7	0.027*
T3–T4	29	26	3
Differentiation
Well or moderate	20	12	8	0.027*
Poor	25	23	2
Clinical stage
I–II	13	7	6	0.033*
III–IV	32	28	4
Nodal metastasis
Yes	19	18	1	0.048*
No	26	17	9

^*p < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant in Chi-square test