Table 1.

Relationship between positive expression of ABCE1 protein in oral squamous cell carcinomas and patient characteristics

ABCE1
	N (245)	-	+	++	X2	P
Gender
Male	193	22	57	74	1.634	0.442
Female	92	10	30	52
Age
≤ 60	147	24	44	79	1.193	0.551
> 60	98	20	24	54
Degree of differentiation
High	44	17	23	4
Moderate	110	12	32	66	64.373	0.000
Low	91	5	14	72
TNM stage
I + II	111	68	33	10	102.971	0.000
III + IV	134	12	31	91