Table 1. Correlation between clinicopathological characteristics and FAK expression.
| FAK(−) | FAK(+) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Total | n=37 | n=54 | P-value |
| Age (mean±s.d. years) | 61.0±8.2 | 59.8±8.2 | 61.5±7.9 | 0.052 |
| Gender | 77 | 34 | 43 | |
| Male | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0.11 |
| Female | ||||
| Differentiation | ||||
| Well | 23 | 13 | 10 | |
| Moderate | 45 | 21 | 24 | |
| Poorly | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0.0057 |
| Location | ||||
| Upper | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
| Mid-thoracic | 56 | 21 | 35 | |
| Lower | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0.69 |
| TNM clinical classification | ||||
| T | ||||
| T1 | 35 | 20 | 15 | |
| T2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| T3 | 37 | 9 | 28 | |
| T4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0023 |
| N | ||||
| N0 | 37 | 21 | 16 | |
| N1 | 54 | 16 | 38 | 0.0097 |
| M | 75 | 32 | 43 | |
| M0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0.40 |
| M1 | ||||
| Stage | ||||
| I | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
| II | 28 | 13 | 5 | |
| III | 23 | 4 | 19 | |
| IV | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0.012 |
| No. of lymph node metastasis (mean±s.d.) | 0.78±1.2 | 3.3±4.8 | 0.0026 | |
| Ki index (mean±s.d.) | — | 37.8±16.7 | 42.4±16.0 | 0.18 |
| Total | 91 | 37 | 54 | |
FAK(+)=FAK overexpression (+); FAK(−)=FAK overxpression (−); s.d.=standard deviation.