Table 1.

Clinical profile and correlation between the clinicopathological features and EPOR expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)

Variables	No. of patients	EPOR staining		p-Value
		Low expression	High expression
Gender
Male	239	133	106	0.128
Female	17	13	4
Age, years
<60	202	114	88	0.0758
≥60	54	32	22
T classification
T1, T2	94	73	21	<0.001*
T3, T4	162	73	89
N classification
Positive	103	46	57	<0.001*
Negative	153	100	53
TNM stage
I, II	66	60	6	<0.001*
III, IV	190	86	104

EPOR, erythropoietin receptor; *statistically significant (p < 0.05).