Table 1.

Protein expression of EIF4G1 in NPC and NP and Correlation of clinicopathological features of the patients with NPC and expression of EIF4G1 protein

	EIF4G1 protein expression
Characteristics	N	Negative(n)	Low(n)	Medium(n)	High(n)	P value
Group
NPC	132	2	27	41	62
NP	53	4	26	19	4	p = 0.000
Sex
Male	94	2	19	31	42
Female	38	0	8	10	20	p = 0.477
Age
≥45 years	81	2	15	24	40
< 45 years	51	0	12	17	22	p = 0.557
Smoking
No	100	0	21	29	50
Yes	32	2	6	12	12	p = 0.226
T classfication
T1+T2	91	2	22	29	38
T3+T4	41	0	5	12	24	p = 0.039*
N classfication
N0+N1	57	2	14	22	19
N2+N3	75	0	13	19	43	p = 0.008*
M classfication
M0	127	2	26	40	59
M1	5	0	1	1	3	p = 0.625
Clinical stage
I+II		2	11	16	11
III+IV	41	0	16	25	51	p = 0.003*

* p < 0.05