Table III.

Pearson’s correlation between parameters observed in patients with OSCC.

Parameter	Gender	Age	Pathological grade	Tumor size	Node metastasis	p21	p27	Survivin
Gender	1.000	−0.002	−0.030	0.182	−0.023	−0.022	0.128	0.190
Age, years	−0.002	1.000	−0.056	0.051	0.049	−0.153	−0.104	−0.182
Pathological grade	−0.030	−0.056	1.000	0.100	−0.082	0.104	0.106	−0.039
Tumor size	0.182	0.051	0.100	1.000	0.229	−0.027	0.050	−0.011
Node metastasis	−0.023	0.049	−0.082	0.229	1.000	−0.120	0.006	0.044
p21	−0.022	−0.153	0.104	−0.027	−0.120	1.000	0.210	0.292
p27	0.128	−0.104	0.106	0.050	0.006	0.210	1.000	0.212
Survivin	0.190	−0.182	−0.039	−0.011	0.044	0.292	0.212	1.000

Tumor size is according to the TNM classification grade. OSCC, oral squamous cell carcinoma.