Table 1. Patients characteristics and RUNX3 expression.
| Variables | RUNX3 staining | |||
| Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Total | P * | |
| All cases Age | 113 (51.8) | 105 (48.2) | 218 | |
| ≤64 years | 43 (45.7) | 51 (54.3) | 36 | 0.329 |
| >64 years | 65 (52.4) | 59 (47.6) | 39 | |
| Tumor size | ||||
| ≤2.5 cm | 78 (51.3) | 74 (48.7) | 152 | 0.426 |
| >2.5 cm | 30 (45.5) | 36 (54.5) | 66 | |
| TNM stage | ||||
| I | 28 (44.4) | 35 (55.6) | 63 | <0.01 |
| II | 33 (43.4) | 43 (56.6) | 76 | |
| III | 32 (59.3) | 22 (40.7) | 54 | |
| IV | 18 (72.0) | 7 (28.0) | 25 | |
| Grade | ||||
| I | 41 (52.6) | 37 (47.4) | 78 | 0.734 |
| II | 33 (47.8) | 36 (52.2) | 69 | |
| III | 23 (42.6) | 31 (57.4) | 54 | |
| IV | 11 (64.7) | 6 (35.3) | 17 | |
*
P values are obtained from χ2 test.