Table 2.

Clinico-pathological correlations with mRNA expression

Variable	mRNA expression of HOXA11	P value
Age at surgery (years)		0.034
≥60	22(0.4418±0.2177)
<60	8(0.2563±0.1419)
Gender		0.776
Female	11(0.3773±0.2217)
Male	19(0.4011±0.2163)
Tumor size (cm)		0.669
≥5 cm	16(0.3763±0.2246)
<5 cm	14(0.4107±0.2099)
Pathological stage		0.039
I, II	13(0.4838±0.1889)
III, IV	17(0.3224±0.2118)
Differentiation degree		0.336
Well	19(0.4216±0.1827)
Poor	11(0.3418±0.2632)
Invasive depth		0.103
Within muscle layer	10(0.4830±0.0733)
Penetrating muscle layer	20(0.3470±0.1961)
Lymph node metastasis		0.018
Positive	20(0.3285±0.2068)
Negative	10(0.5200±0.1766)

Data were analyzed by t test.