Table III.
Correlation between Pin1 mRNA expression and clinicopathological characteristics.
| Pin1 mRNA (q-RT) | ||||
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| Parameters | N | Overexpression (%) | Underexpression (%) | P-value |
| 40 | 16 (40) | 24 (60) | ||
| Diff | ||||
| Low | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
| Middle | 18 | 7 | 11 | |
| High | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0.959 |
| Stage | ||||
| I | 9 | 2 | 7 | |
| II | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
| III + IV | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0.164 |
| TNM classification | ||||
| T1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| T2 | 26 | 8 | 18 | |
| T3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| T4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0.099 |
| T1+T2 | 29 | 8 | 21 | |
| T3+T4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0.110 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Male | 34 | 11 | 23 | 0.403 |
| Age | ||||
| <49 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| 50–59 | 12 | 5 | 7 | |
| 60–69 | 15 | 6 | 9 | |
| >70 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.985 |
Diff, differentiation.