Table 1.
Tissue | Cases (n) |
Cytoplasmic expression |
P value |
Nuclear expression |
P value | ||
High | Low | High | Low | ||||
NESE | 52 | 8 (15.4) | 44 (84.6) | < 0.001 | 36 (69.2) | 16 (30.8) | < 0.001 |
ESCC | 103 | 65 (63.1) | 38 (36.9) | 36 (35.0) | 67 (65.0) |
ESCC: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; High: Including composite score of 6, 8, 9 and 12; NESE: Normal esophageal squamous epithelium; Low: Including composite score of 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.