Table 2. Relationship between clinicopathological parameters and lymph node density in 88 patients with lymph node-positive cervical cancer.

	LND ⩽10% (n=36)	LND >10% (n=52)	P-value a
Tumour stage			0.03
FIGO I	18/30 (60.0%)	12/30 (40.0%)
FIGO II	13/45 (28.8%)	32/45 (71.2%)
FIGO III and IV	5/13 (38.5%)	8/13 (31.5%)
Age at first diagnosis			0.2
<50 years	22/48 (45.8%)	26/48 (54.2%)
⩾50 years	14/40 (35.0%)	36/52 (65.0%)
Histological grade			0.8
G1	2/6 (33.3%)	4/6 (66.7%)
G2	20/46 (43.5%)	26/46 (56.5%)
G3	11/30 (36.7%)	19/30 (63.3%)
Histological type			0.5
Squamous cell carcinoma	28/71 (39.4%)	43/71 (60.6%)
Adenosquamous carcinoma	7/16 (43.8%)	9/16 (56.2%)

Abbreviations: FIGO=International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians; LND=lymph node density.

^aχ²-test.