Table I.
Descriptive statistics and results from multivariate regression models with expression levels as the dependent variable.
| Cx26 | Cx43 | Cx45 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Descriptive statistics | β ± SE | P-value | β ± SE | P-value | β ± SE | P-value |
| Tumour tissue | −8.4±2.9 | 0.01 | 0.7±0.3 | 0.04 | 10.5±1.5 | <0.01 | |
| Age (years) | 59.0±12.9 | −0.1±0.2 | 0.45 | −0.02±0.02 | 0.22 | −0.1±0.1 | 0.50 |
| Gender | −3.7±6.3 | 0.58 | −0.6±0.6 | 0.33 | 1.8±7.2 | 0.81 | |
| Female | 5 (33%) | ||||||
| Male | 10 (67%) | ||||||
| T status | −10.8±26.2 | 0.69 | 0.7±2.7 | 0.80 | −4.7±27.6 | 0.87 | |
| Is | 1 (7%) | ||||||
| 2 | 5 (33%) | ||||||
| 4 | 8 (53%) | ||||||
| 4a | 1 (7%) | ||||||
| N status | 6.4±3.5 | 0.12 | 0.5±0.4 | 0.17 | 0.5±3.7 | 0.90 | |
| 0 | 9 (60%) | ||||||
| 1 | 3 (20%) | ||||||
| 2b | 2 (13%) | ||||||
| 2c | 1 (7%) | ||||||
| Nicotine abuse | −0.7±9.1 | 0.94 | 0.01±0.9 | 0.99 | −14.3±8.0 | 0.14 | |
| Yes | 14 (93%) | ||||||
| No | 1 (7%) | ||||||
| Alcohol abuse | 6.9±3.5 | 0.22 | −1.0±0.5 | 0.05 | −4.2±4.3 | 0.37 | |
| Yes | 10 (67%) | ||||||
| No | 5 (33%) | ||||||
| Stage | 8.4±24.4 | 0.74 | −0.6±2.5 | 0.82 | 1.3±25.4 | 0.96 | |
| 0 | 1 (7%) | ||||||
| 2 | 5 (33%) | ||||||
| 4 | 9 (60%) | ||||||
| Grade | 1.0±4.8 | 0.84 | −0.7±0.5 | 0.18 | 4.4±4.2 | 0.34 | |
| 1 | 2 (13%) | ||||||
| 2 | 11 (74%) | ||||||
| 3 | 2 (13%) | ||||||
Descriptive statistics are presented as either mean ± standard error (SE) or absolute and relative frequencies. The regression coefficients β may be interpreted as log2-fold changes where appropriate.