Table 1.

Adipophilin expression in lung cancer and normal lung tissues

Groups	N	Expressional levels				P*
		neg	1+	2+	3+
LAC	41	6	23	7	5	0.001a
LSCC	21	7	12	2	0	0.335b
Normal lung tissues	24	11	12	1	0	0.007c

^aLAC versus normal lung tissue;

^bLSCC versus normal lung tissue;

^cLung cancer versus normal lung tissue;

^*P<0.05 by Mann–Whitney U test;

LAC, lung adenocarcinoma; LSCC, lung squamous cell carcinoma; Lung cancer, LAC+LSCC.