Table 1.

Expression of HIF-2α and E-cadherin, and the relation with the clinicopathologic features in pancreatic carcinoma

Variables		HIF-2α			E-cadherin
	No.	Positive	Negative	P-value	Positive	Negative	P-value
Gender				0.306			0.424
Male	42	26	16		13	29
Female	28	21	7		6	22
Age (years)				1.000			0.107
≤ 65	41	28	13		8	33
> 65	29	19	10		11	18
Tumor location				0.569			0.226
Head	52	36	16		12	40
Body and tail	18	11	7		7	11
Tumor size (cm)				0.122			0.414
≤ 2	27	15	12		9	18
> 2	43	32	11		10	33
Differentiation				0.026			0.784
Well	8	3	5		3	5
Moderate	17	9	8		5	12
Poor	45	35	10		11	34
Clinical stage				0.017			0.579
I	25	12	13		8	17
II	45	35	10		11	34
Lymph node Metastasis
Yes	38	30	8	0.040	5	33	0.006
No	32	17	15		14	18