Table 1.

The association between the expression of FGFR4 and clinicopathological parameters of NPC

Clinicopathological parameters	Total	FGFR4 Expression		P
		Low	High
Gender	55			0.370
Male	43	19	24
Female	12	4	8
Age				0.151
<50	14	8	6
≥50	41	15	26
Clinical stages				0.038*
1	2	2	0
2	8	6	2
3	29	11	18
4	16	4	12
Lymph node metastasis				0.125
N0-N1	18	10	8
N2-N3	37	13	24
Ki-67 expression				0.047*
low	25	14	11
high	30	9	21

Statistical analyses were performed by the Pearson χ2 test. * P <0.05 was considered significant.