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Table 1.

Correlation of aB-crystallin expression with clinicopathological characteristics of LSCC

Groups	No.	aB-crystallin		χ²	P (value)
Groups	No.	+	%	χ²	P (value)
Gender
Male	107	63	58.88	0.0638	0.801
Female	2	1	50.00	0.0638	0.801
Age(years)
≤60 y	45	23	51.11	1.8283	0.176
>60 y	64	41	64.06	1.8283	0.176
Tobacco use
Yes	77	42	54.55	1.8816	0.170
No	32	22	68.75	1.8816	0.170
Alcohol consumption
Yes	53	37	69.81	5.2395	0.022^*
No	56	27	48.21	5.2395	0.022^*
Tumor differentiation
Well	51	22	43.14	9.9434	0.007^*
Moderate	53	39	71.70
Poor	5	3	80.00
pTNM stage
Stage I, II	65	33	50.77	4.1945	0.041^*
Stage III, IV	44	31	70.45	4.1945	0.041^*
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	19	14	73.68	2.1270	0.145
No	90	50	55.56	2.1270	0.145
Five years’ survival
Yes	72	37	51.39	4.6972	0.030^*
No	37	27	72.98	4.6972	0.030^*

* P < 0.05.