Table 1.

Clinicopathological features and Beclin-1 expression in ESCC

Variables	No. of cases	Beclin-1 expression		P value
		Positive	Negative
Gender
Male	38	24	14	0.399
Female	16	12	4
Age (years)
<60	30	20	10	1.00
≥60	24	16	8
Differentiation
Well	12	10	2	0.351
Moderate	20	13	7
Poor	22	13	9
T stage
T1, T2	25	23	2	0.001
T3, T4	29	13	16
N stage
N0	26	24	2	<0.001
N1	28	12	16
Clinical stage
I, II	22	21	1	<0.001
III, IV	32	15	17