Table 1b.

Histopathological characteristics of the lips related to metastasis (n = 63)

		n	%META'S	X2L	P	OR	Lower	Upper	n
Grading	1	27	7	6.97	0.03
	2	27	22			3.57	0.65	19.59	62
	3	8	50			12.50	1.69	92.25
Max. diameter	≤15	28	18	0.64	0.42	1.70	0.46	6.21	54
	>15	26	27
Breslow	≤4.8	19	0	16.89	<0.001	3.71*	0.77	6.65	37
	>4.8	18	53
Perineural invasion	0	45	18	2.13	0.15	3.08	0.70	13.52	55
	1	10	40
Angio-invasion	0	53	21	0.80	0.37	3.82	0.22	66.02	55
	1	2	50
Lymphocytes	0	56	21	0.01	0.94	0.92	0.09	8.98	61
	1	5	20
Histiocytes	0	37	19	0.32	0.57	1.43	0.42	4.92	61
	1	24	25
Eosinophils	0	54	22	0.25	0.62	0.58	0.64	5.33	61
	1	7	14
Neutrophils	0	57	21	0.33	0.86	1.25	0.12	13.12	61
	1	4	25
Plasma cells	0	51	14	8.95	0.01	9.43	2.12	42.07	61
	1	10	60
Infiltrationj	0	50	20	0.27	0.60	1.5	0.34	6.70	61
	1	11	27
Ulceration	0	44	18	2.15	0.14	2.8	0.73	10.90	57
	1	13	39
Desmoplasia	0	35	23	0.01	0.94	1.06	0.29	3.78	56
	1	21	21

^*½ added to frequencies.

OR + odds ratio.

log likelihood χ².

%META'S, %metastasis.