Table 1. Patient characteristics based on Zyxin expression.

Variables	n=167	Zyxin expression			P-value
		Negative/low	Moderate	High
Age					0.859
>50 years	68	22	24	22
≤ 50 years	99	27	41	31
Tumour size					0.189
T1	12	3	5	4
T2	116	38	43	35
T3	19	3	12	4
T4	20	5	5	10
Stage					0.036
I	9	3	4	2
lla	65	26	22	17
llb	58	11	30	17
lll	35	9	9	17
Lymph node metastasis					0.025
N0	94	34	35	25
N1/2	73	13	31	29