Table 1.

Correlations of FOXCUT and FOXC1 expression with clinicopathological characteristics in ESCC patients

Characteristics	FOXCUT expression		P value	FOXC1 expression		P value
	Low expression	High expression		Low expression	High expression
Age (mean = 59.48)			0.022*			0.246
< 60	25	19		23	21
≥ 60	12	26		15	23
Gender			0.864			0.158
Male	24	30		22	32
Female	13	15		16	12
Tumor location			0.164			0.23
Upper	0	2		0	2
Middle	10	18		11	17
Lower	27	25		27	25
Differentiation			0.001*			0.001*
Well	2	23		3	22
Moderate	19	19		21	17
Poor	16	3		14	5
T classification			0.259			0.839
T1-2	27	26		25	28
T3-4	11	18		13	16
N classification			0.007*			0.045*
N0	12	4		11	5
N1-2	25	41		27	39
Metastasis			0.001*			0.001*
M0	31	15		30	16
M1	6	30		8	28
Clinical Stage			0.120			0.376
I-II	22	19		21	20
III-IV	15	26		17	24

P-values were two-tailed and based on the Pearson χ² test;

^*Statistically significant.