Table 1.

Correlation of KLF17 expression with clinical and pathological features in 50 patients

Features	Number (n=50)	KLF17 expression		P
		Negative	Positive
Gender
Male	28	21	7	0.3841
Female	22	14	8
Age
<50	24	18	6	0.4585
>50	26	17	9
Tumor size (cm)
<5	15	11	4	0.7363
>5	35	24	11
TNM stage
I-II	23	17	6	0.5773
III-IV	27	18	9
Lymphatic metastasis
No	22	12	10	0.0345
Yes	28	23	5