Table 3.

Relationship between S100A11 expression in tissues and clinicopathologic characteristics of 65 non‐small cell lung cancer patients

Variable	Different expression of S100A11		P‐value
	Weak/moderate (–/+/++) (n = 35)	Strong (+++) (n = 30)
Age, years (mean ± SD)	58 ± 12	55 ± 13	0.342 †
Sex (no. cases)
Male	27	26	0.359 ‡
Female	8	4
Histological subtype (no. cases)
Adenocarcinoma	16	14	1.000 ‡
Squamous cell carcinoma	19	16
Tumor–node–metastasis stage (no. cases)
I, II	26	10	0.001*, ‡
III, IV	9	20
Tumor status (no. cases)
T1–2	27	18	0.180 ‡
T3–4	8	12
Lymph node status (no. cases)
N0	20	7	0.011*, ‡
N1–3	15	23
Differentiation status (no. cases)
Poorly differentiated	15	7	0.246 §
Moderately differentiated	12	13
Well differentiated	8	10

^* P‐value <0.05;

^† Student's t‐test;

^{‡ ‡} Fisher's exact test;

^§ Pearson χ²‐test.