Table 3.
Tumor recurrence by diabetes and perineural invasion status
Diabetes, n (%) | Perineural invasion, n (%) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recurrence status | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||
Not recurred | 114 (29.0) | 43 (30.3) | 34 (49.3) | 123 (26.5) | ||||
Local | 68 (17.3) | 18 (12.7) | 9 (12.7) | 77 (16.6) | ||||
Metastatic | 211 (53.7) | 81 (57.0) | 27 (38.0) | 265 (57.0) | ||||
P (χ2 test) | 0.436 | 0.001 |