Table 2.
Clinical correlation
| Characteristics | Tn | Tm/Lm | df | χ2 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age(year)* | 0.5776 | ||||
| Mean | 57.7 | 55.9 | |||
| Std Dev | 13.1 | 11.3 | |||
| Sex | 1 | 1.763 | 0.184 | ||
| Male | 16 | 21 | |||
| Female | 14 | 9 | |||
| Smoking habit | 1 | 2.052 | 0.152 | ||
| Yes | 6 | 11 | |||
| No | 24 | 19 | |||
| Alcohol use | 1 | 0.287 | 0.592 | ||
| Yes | 10 | 12 | |||
| No | 20 | 18 | |||
| Tumor site | 2 | 2.400 | 0.121 | ||
| Tongue | 12 | 18 | |||
| Other sites | 18 | 12 | |||
| Differentiation | 1 | 17.778 | 0.001 | ||
| WD | 20 | 4 | |||
| MOD/PD | 10 | 26 | |||
Abbreviations: PD, poor differentiated; WD, well differentiated; MOD, moderate differentiated.
*P value was obtained using grouped t test, others were obtained using χ2 or Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test for comparison between two groups or more than two groups, respectively.