Table I.

Clinicopathological variables and FRMD4A expression in OSCC.

Characteristics	Patients	FRMD4A		χ2	P-value
		Overexpression	%
Gender
Male	40	27	67.5	0.412	0.521
Female	38	23	60.5
Age
<55	36	21	58.3	0.967	0.325
≥55	42	29	69.0
Grading
I	20	11	55.0	1.140	0.565
II	47	31	66.0
III	11	8	72.7
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	35	28	80.0	6.973	0.008
No	43	22	51.2
Clinical stage
I+II	31	14	45.2	8.021	0.005
III+IV	47	36	76.6

OSCC, oral squamous cell carcinoma; FRMD4A, FERM domain containing 4A.