Table 1.

Relationship between PXN expression level and clinicopathologic parameters of LSCC

Characteristics	All cases	PXN expression		P-value
		Low (n = 36)	High (n = 48)
Gender				0.350
Male	56	26	30
Female	28	10	18
Age (years)				0.312
< 55	39	19	20
≥ 55	45	17	28
Alcohol consumption				0.067
Yes	44	23	21
No	40	13	27
Smoking consumption				0.847
Yes	50	21	29
No	34	15	19
Tumor Location				0.159
Superaglottic	34	11	23
Glottic	46	24	22
Subglottic	4	1	3
Tumor size (cm)				0.180
< 2.5	35	18	17
≥ 2.5	49	18	31
Histological differentiation				0.016*
Well/moderate	53	28	25
Poor	31	8	23
Lymph node metastasis				0.029*
Negative	71	34	37
Positive	13	2	11
Invasive depth				0.529
T1/T2	43	17	26
T3/T4	41	19	22
TNM stage				< 0.001
I-II	37	25	12
III-IV	47	11	36

^* P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.