Table 1.

Association of NF-κB and Notch1 expression with clinical characteristics

Clinicopathological feature		NF-κB expression		P-value	Notch1 expression		P-value
		High	Low		High	Low
Gender
	Male	21	25	0.451	22	24	0.887
	Female	8	6		7	7
Age (years)
	≤ 60	17	23	0.201	23	17	0.058
	> 60	12	8		6	14
Differentiation
	Well	7	8	0.231	3	12	0.001
	Moderate	16	11		10	17
	Poor	6	12		16	2
TNM stages
	I + II	8	12	0.361	10	10	0.855
	III	21	19		19	21
Lymphatic metastasis
	With	23	2	0.001	6	19	0.001
	Without	6	29		23	12
LVD (VEGF-R3)
	High	19	12	0.038	10	21	0.010
	Low	10	19		19	10
Podoplanin
	High	20	10	0.004	8	19	0.008
	Low	9	21		21	12
VEGF-C expression
	High	18	11	0.039	6	23	0.001
	Low	11	20		23	8
Notch1 expression
	High	8	21	0.002
	Low	10	21