Table 2. Sociodemographic and clinicopathological parameters of EIF3E amplifications with OSCC cases.

		EIF3E
Parameters	N	Amplified (%)	Not Amplified (%)	P value (Fisher's exact test)
Sex
Male	13	6 (46.2)	7 (53.8)	0.107
Female	20	3 (15.0)	17 (85.0)
Ethnicity
Indian	16	2 (12.5)	14 (87.5)	0.118
Others	17	7 (41.2)	10 (58.8)
Alcohol Drinking
Drinkers	10	4 (40.0)	6 (60.0)	0.40
Non-drinkers	23	5 (21.7)	18 (78.3)
Smoking
Smokers	7	4 (57.1)	3 (42.9)	0.068
Non-smokers	26	5 (19.2)	21 (80.8)
Betel Quid Chewing
Chewers	18	2 (11.1)	16 (88.9)	0.047
Non-chewers	15	7 (46.7)	8 (53.3)
Habits
Yes	26	6 (23.1)	20 (76.9)	0.358
No	7	3 (42.9)	4 (57.1)
Tumour Sub-sites
Tongue	18	6 (33.3)	12 (66.7)	0.458
Others (Buccal)	15	3 (20.0)	12 (80.0)
Tumour Size
T1 & T2	18	5 (27.8)	13 (72.2)	1.00
T3 & T4	12	4 (33.3)	8 (66.7)
Lymph Node Status
Positive	11	0 (0.0)	11 (100.0)	0.012
Negative	20	9 (45.0)	11 (55.0)
TNM Staging
Stage I/II	12	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)	0.240
Stage III/IV	20	4 (20.0)	16 (80.0)
Histological Grading
Well differentiated	14	4 (28.6)	10 (71.4)	1.00
Moderate differentiated	17	5 (29.4)	12 (70.6)