Table 2. Relationship between p62 and LC3B expression and clinicopathologic variables in OSCCs.

		p62 in cytoplasm			p62 in nucleus			LC3B
Variable	No. of cases	Low	High	P-value	Low	High	P-value	Low	High	P-value
Age
⩽50 Years	71	38	33	0.882	41	30	0.243	39	32	0.735
>50 Years	124	65	59		82	42		65	59
Sex
Male	187	97	90	0.285a	118	69	1.000a	97	90	0.001a*
Female	8	6	2		5	3		7	1
T stage
T1/T2	126	71	55	0.182	79	47	0.882	68	58	0.81
T3/T4	69	32	37		44	25		36	33
N stage
N0	145	86	59	0.002*	88	57	0.239	82	63	0.125
N1/N2/N3	50	17	33		35	15		22	28
M stage
M0	192	103	89	0.103a	120	72	0.298a	102	90	1.000a
M1	3	0	3		3	0		2	1
Stage
I/II	106	66	40	0.004*	63	43	0.25	60	46	0.318
III/IV	89	37	52		60	29		44	45
Histologic grade
G1/G2	168	101	67	<0.001*	101	67	0.033*	92	76	0.319
G3	27	2	25		22	5		12	15
Lymphovascular invasion
Absent	147	87	60	0.002*	90	57	0.348	85	62	0.028*
Present	48	16	32		33	15		19	29
Necrosis
Limited/no	145	86	59	0.002*	89	56	0.403	82	63	0.125
Extensive	50	17	33		34	16		22	28

Abbreviation: OSCC=oral squamous cell carcinoma.

*P<0.05.

^aFisher exact test.