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. 2014 Jun 27;9(6):e100974. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100974

Table 1. Comparison of demographic data and YAP expression between type 1 and type 2 EMCA.

Type1 cancer (n = 120) Type2 cancer (n = 30) P-value
Age (year) mean (range) 63.6 (40–89) 67.4 (47–85) N.S.(a)
BMI mean (range) 36.8 (19.1–70.4) 35 (18.4–85.4) N.S.(a)
Ethnic group White 119 29
Other races 1 1 N.S.(b)
Grade 1 103 0
2/3 17 30 p<0.0001(b)
Stage I/II 53 56
III/IV 1 10 p = 0.028(b)
LVSI Absent 99 13
Present 21 17 p<0.0001(b)
Recurrence/Metastasis Absent 110 17
Present 10 13 p<0.0001(b)
Nuclear YAP score 0 23 1
1 31 2
2 20 8
3 16 7
4 30 12
Low (score: 0/1) 54 3
High (score: 2/3/4) 66 27 p = 0.0009(b)
Cytoplasmic YAP score 0 3 0
1 14 0
2 21 11
3 40 9
4 42 10
Low (score: 0/1/2) 38 11
High (score: 3/4) 82 19 N.S.(b)

BMI; Body mass index, LVSI; Lymphovascular space involvement, N.S.; not significant.

(a): Student's t-test, (b): Chi square test (there is no <10 number in data)/Fisher's exact test (there is <10 number in data).