Table 4.
Relationships of activation-induced cytidine deaminase, P53 and Mlh1 expression with tumor features
|
AID |
P53 |
Mlh1 |
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| + | - | + | - | + | - | ||||
| Tumor location | |||||||||
| Upper third | 4 | 19 | P = 0.067 | 8 | 15 | P = 0.543 | 22 | 1 | P = 0.027 |
| Middle third | 13 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 34 | 6 | |||
| Lower third | 18 | 21 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 12 | |||
| Tumor growth | |||||||||
| Flat/depressed | 19 | 45 | P = 0.202 | 28 | 36 | P = 0.009 | 56 | 8 | P = 0.039 |
| Elevated | 16 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | |||
| Histological type | |||||||||
| Tubular | 29 | 59 | P = 0.673 | 34 | 54 | P = 0.045 | 75 | 13 | P = 0.033 |
| Papillary | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | |||
AID: Activation-induced cytidine deaminase.