Table 2.
Variable | Total | KLK10-negative | KLK10-positive | P value1 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 56 | 14 | 42 | |
Female | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0.258 |
Age (yr) | ||||
< 60 | 31 | 10 | 21 | |
≥ 60 | 49 | 13 | 36 | 0.581 |
Depth of invasion2 | ||||
T1 | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
T2-T3 | 23 | 7 | 16 | |
T4 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0.034 |
Lymph node metastasis2 | ||||
N1 | 21 | 4 | 17 | |
N2 | 35 | 15 | 20 | |
N3 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0.048 |
Differentiation2 | ||||
Well | 18 | 10 | 8 | |
Moderate | 37 | 7 | 30 | |
Poor | 25 | 6 | 19 | 0.015 |
χ2 test;
TNM stage system of American Joint Committee on Cancer of 2012. KLK10: Kallikrein gene 10.