Table I.

Characteristics of 36 patients with NSCLC and the correlation between Girdin protein expression and clinicopathological variables.

		Girdin protein expression
Variables	Total (n=36), n	Low (n=10), n (%)	High (n=26), n (%)	P-value
Age, years				0.644
<60	18	5 (27.8)	13 (72.2)
≥60	18	5 (27.8)	13 (72.2)
Gender				0.580
Male	26	7 (26.9)	19 (73.1)
Female	10	3 (30.0)	7 (70.0)
Tumor size, cm				0.519
<3.5	16	4 (25.0)	12 (75.0)
≥3.5	20	6 (30.0)	14 (70.0)
Histological type				0.575
SCC	12	2 (16.7)	10 (83.3)
AC	21	7 (33.3)	14 (66.7)
Others	3	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)
Lymphatic infiltration				0.527
Yes	23	6 (26.1)	17 (73.9)
No	13	4 (30.8)	9 (69.2)
Blood vessel infiltration				0.013
Yes	11	0 (0.0)	11 (100.0)
No	25	10 (40.0)	15 (60.0)
Histological grade				0.330
Well-differentiated	6	3 (50.0)	3 (50.0)
Moderately differentiated	18	5 (27.8)	13 (72.2)
Poorly differentiated	12	2 (16.7)	10 (83.3)

NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; AC, adenocarcinoma.