Table 1.

Relationship between BMP7 expression and clinicopathologic findings

	BMP7 expression		p
	(−) n = 69	(+) n = 111
Total (N = 180)
Age (mean ± SD)	64.6 ± 9	65.6 ± 9	0.975
Gender
Male	65	98	0.178
Female	4	13
Histology
Well	19	36	0.588
Moderate	34	53
Poor	9	22
pT
T1	36	23	<0.0001
T2, T3, T4	33	88
pN
N0	34	43	0.171
N1	35	68
pM
M0	55	78	0.06
M1	14	33
Lymphatic invasion
Negative	24	24	0.052
Positive	45	87
Venous invasion
Negative	40	33	0.0002
Positive	29	78
Stage
I	20	13	0.0012
IIA, IIB	25	28
III	10	37
IV	14	33
Locoregional recurrence
Negative	65	4	0.027
Positive	92	19

SD standard deviation