Table 1.

Correlation between VM, DKK1 and EMT and CSC‐related proteins of NSCLC

Variant	VM		P‐value	r	DKK1		P‐value	r
	Negative	Positive			Negative	Positive
β‐catenin nuclear expression
Negative	160	13	<0.001	0.416	68	105	0.004	0.204
Positive	17	15			4	28
E‐cadherin
Negative	49	19	<0.001	−0.293	17	51	0.043	−0.149
Positive	128	9			55	82
Vimentin
Negative	127	8	<0.001	0.313	55	80	0.021	0.163
Positive	50	20			17	53
Twist
Negative	126	8	<0.001	0.308	58	76	0.001	0.235
Positive	51	20			14	57
Slug
Negative	103	7	0.002	0.229	47	63	0.019	0.171
Positive	74	21			25	70
EpCAM
Negative	115	15	0.292	–	48	82	0.544	–
Positive	62	13			24	51
Nestin
Negative	150	18	0.015	0.183	65	103	0.023	0.159
Positive	27	10			7	30
CD44
Negative	83	5	0.004	0.201	39	49	0.019	0.167
Positive	94	23			33	84
CD34
Negative	174	25	0.035	0.008	72	127	0.093	–
Positive	3	3			0	6
VE‐cadherin
Negative	101	3	<0.001	0.318	53	51	<0.001	0.337
Positive	76	25			19	82
MMP2
Negative	125	13	0.016	0.177	55	83	0.044	0.142
Positive	52	15			17	50
MMP9
Negative	113	12	0.039	0.148	55	70	0.001	0.232
Positive	64	16			17	63