Table 1.

Expression of claudin-5 and claudin-9 and clinic pathological characteristics in cervical carcinoma patients

Item	n	claudin-5 (+)	claudin-5 (-)	P	n	claudin-9 (+)	claudin-9 (-)	P
Cervical carcinoma tissue	72	23	49	< 0.05	72	28	44	< 0.05
Adjacent tissue	72	37	35		72	41	31
Gender
Male	40	14	26	0.786*	40	14	26	0.314*
Female	32	9	23		32	14	18
Age (year)
≤ 60	34	12	22	1.000*	34	13	21	1.000*
> 60	38	11	27		38	15	23
Histological grade
Well-differentiated	21	6	15	1.000*	21	8	13	0.149*
Moderately and poor differentiated	51	17	34		51	20	31
Lymph node metastasis
+	35	7	22	< 0.01	35	6	29	< 0.01
-	37	16	21		37	22	15
Ki67
+	29	7	22	0.464*	29	8	21	0.296*
-	43	16	27		43	20	23

^*No statistical significance.