Table 4. Correlation between CLIC3 expression and clinicopathologic parameters in MEC.

Parameters	n	CLIC3		% positive	P value*
		+	-
Age
<60	34	29	5	76.47%	0.81
≥60	24	21	3	87.50%
Sex
Male	35	29	6	82.85%	0.361
Female	23	21	2	91.30%
Site
Major salivary gland	42	38	4	90.47%	0.127
Minor salivary gland	16	12	4	75.00%
Tumor size
<4 cm	52	46	6	84.61%	0.143
≥ 4 cm	6	4	2	66.66%
TNM stage
I+II	48	43	5	89.58%	0.105
III+IV	10	7	3	70.00%
Pathological grading
High	47	42	5	89.36%	0.15
Low	11	8	3	72.72%
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	8	7	1	87.50%	0.909
No	50	43	7	86.00%

^*: X² test